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Manuel_Dyesterday at 9:24 PM3 repliesview on HN

You realize that "changing the world without politics" doesn't mean overthrow of democracy. It means founding businesses to produce goods and services that change the world. Google and Facebook absolutely changed the world, not through politics, but by creating technology.


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jakelazaroffyesterday at 9:30 PM

If that were the case, then why do they spend millions of dollars on lobbying every year? Why does Meta have a "president of global affairs" plucked from Republican political circles? [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Kaplan

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onemoresoopyesterday at 9:53 PM

> founding businesses to produce goods and services that change the world

Why begin with surveilance though?

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dgellowyesterday at 9:32 PM

Yes it does. He and Thiel are open about the fact they don’t believe in democracy and want to get rid of it

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