“Good folks should keep working at Facebook and Google as they regulate their worst abuses” is as silly an argument as “vegans should work at factory farms” and “doctors should work for Philip Morris”. No, you legitimise and enable the abuses of those companies. You’re complicit.
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Yes, we are victims, but we are also citizens, and as such have some power. We choose which services to use and engage with. We choose whether we support consumer rights groups, or vote for politicians that support those rights. We have more power than we think.
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Indeed we do. If we want to make use of those rights: 1. We must combat institutional corruption and remove the influence of corporate finance in public policy-making 2. Overhaul the democratic system so our options aren’t far right or neoliberals; gain agency over issues…
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