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Yes, absolutely, where have you been?

It doesn't matter how it makes you feel, or the ideals your animated civics class taught you in School House Rock, countries are in competition with each other for business, and this gives leverage to businesses that exist beyond the governance ideals of any single country.

If I was a decision maker in an organization of that size, I would let them find out how much of their private sector has incorporated products that would make their websites not load if we exited the market, and how much of their communication and communication history is tied up in the products too.

If I was in the government, I would also play the cards I was dealt on behalf of the people and try to break them up.

I don't have strong opinions on anything, I can play any side of this, this is really easy for me.



What if multiple nations' governments collaborated on this? The recent global minimum corporate tax agreement indicates that international cooperation isn't completely impossible. And it's not as if the current American administration is a big fan of Facebook.


yeah, I can see it being very risky, a lot of people want Facebook to turn off but feel ensnared or addicted to it.




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