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It really depends on what you think of as "The USA"

Google is building infrastructure for the powerful to control the masses' ability to communicate ideas.

Do you think the USA is "The People"? Then this is bad for them, because one of our most powerful companies is beginning to develop tools of direct social control.

Do you think the USA is the government & associated bureaucrats? Then this is good, because this technology will allow them to suppress threats to their authority.




This is absolutely true. Why is it getting down-voted?


The ideas aren't framed in a way that follows the standard thread of discourse




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