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The Largest Autocracy on Earth

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Posted By: earlybird, 10/1/2021 4:18:56 PM

In 1947, Albert Einstein, writing in this magazine, proposed the creation of a single world government to protect humanity from the threat of the atomic bomb. His utopian idea did not take hold, quite obviously, but today, another visionary is building the simulacrum of a cosmocracy. Mark Zuckerberg, unlike Einstein, did not dream up Facebook out of a sense of moral duty, or a zeal for world peace. This summer, the population of Zuckerberg’s supranational regime reached 2.9 billion monthly active users, more humans than live in the world’s two most populous nations—China and India—combined. To Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, they are citizens of Facebookland. Long ago he conspicuously started calling

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Reply 1 - Posted by: earlybird 10/1/2021 4:20:06 PM (No. 932333)
More on this in the next article down the page,
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Reply 2 - Posted by: J. Arthur Brown 10/1/2021 4:27:02 PM (No. 932336)
Zuckerberg didn't "dream up" Facebook, he stole the idea from two brothers who hired him to develop it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: MrDeplorable 10/1/2021 4:43:27 PM (No. 932341)
Oh, stop whining about this little POS Zuckerberg! All evil, especially in a nominally-free country such as the US can only exist with the SANCTION OF THE VICTIM! Stop being victims! Get off Facebook, you social-media-addicted sheep!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: GO3 10/1/2021 7:53:48 PM (No. 932476)
Dear Fakebook users, I don't care what you had for breakfast or that your doggies just pooped on the carpet.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: downnout 10/1/2021 9:31:33 PM (No. 932528)
Facebook is one of the most destructive forces to hit the world in centuries.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: MDConservative 10/1/2021 10:10:51 PM (No. 932548)
FTA: "Perhaps Americans have become so cynical that they have given up on defending their freedom from surveillance, manipulation, and exploitation. But if Russia or China were taking the exact same actions to undermine democracy, Americans would surely feel differently." It's less cynicism than a self-induced numbness to the real world, which has been replaced by Facebook and other "influencers", which eliminates the pain of actual critical thought and consideration. Whatever they say...whoever they are...especially if they are celebrities...so long as they agree with me. Ask someone whether the traditional American culture should be preserved...you may be amazed at the answer...hope you're sitting down. And that's the power of our 'net.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: MickTurn 10/2/2021 2:45:33 PM (No. 933064)
A genius at math and physics but couldn't brush his hair or tie his shoes...Nuff Said!
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