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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFacebook Announces Plan To Break Up U.S. Government Before It Becomes Too Powerful
Facebook Announces Plan To Break Up U.S. Government Before It Becomes Too PowerfulMENLO PARK, CAIn an effort to curtail the organizations outsized influence, Facebook announced Monday that it would be implementing new steps to ensure the breakup of the U.S. government before it becomes too powerful. Its long past time for us to take concrete actions against this behemoth of governance that has gone essentially unchecked since its inception, said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, noting that while the governing body may have begun with good intentions, its history showed a culture of recklessness and a dangerous disregard for the consequences of its decisions.
Unfortunately, those at the top have been repeatedly contemptuous of the very idea of accountability or reform, and our only remaining course is to separate the government into smaller chunks to prevent it from forming an even stronger monopoly over the public. Zuckerberg closed his remarks with repeated assurances that despite a likely legal battle ahead, no one government could stand up to the fortitude of Facebook.
Unfortunately, those at the top have been repeatedly contemptuous of the very idea of accountability or reform, and our only remaining course is to separate the government into smaller chunks to prevent it from forming an even stronger monopoly over the public. Zuckerberg closed his remarks with repeated assurances that despite a likely legal battle ahead, no one government could stand up to the fortitude of Facebook.
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Facebook Announces Plan To Break Up U.S. Government Before It Becomes Too Powerful (Original Post)
.99center
Jun 2020
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JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)1. BTW from the Onion.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)2. Ty!
Had to look. Never know these days.
Shell_Seas
(3,333 posts)3. I was thinking, "Sounds like an Onion article," before I clicked on it.
But you know... in the age of Trump, anything is possible.
Brother Buzz
(36,433 posts)4. Some of us still look instinctively at the calendar
I just reminded myself to flip the page from May to June.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)5. Yep. Satire, but point well made.