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pibakeryesterday at 10:27 PM1 replyview on HN

Good action can also be a way for bad actors to buy good will so they can extend their other bad actions. Plus some of these actions are done on the interest of furthering the interest of the bad actors.

An example is Meta striking deals with telecom operators to offer unmetered access to Meta services making Facebook synonymous with the Internet in some countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.org

Actions and actors live in a context. Stop being so autistic and start looking at the bigger picture. You are not immune to propaganda.


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s1artibartfastyesterday at 10:45 PM

No need to be rude. Luckily, I also have room in my brain to hold two entire thoughts, and can acknowledge a deed and it's context are differnt too.

I don't have to take a brain-dead shortcut of claiming every deed is bad. Not even every deed that is self-serving is bad O_O

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