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Yes we should give the government more power and put up “The Great American Firewall” so Americans can’t use any foreign Facebook like companies.
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I didn't respond to the suggestion of absolute prohibition because it's too ridiculous a concept to take seriously.
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It's the only reasonable thing to do; the status quo is what's ridiculous.
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What if there is simply nothing that can be done? I don't mean to sound defeatist, but what if there are some things that truly are like pandora's box. We can't put the lid back on. All we can do is educated people on how to use the tools correctly
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>All we can do is educated people on how to use the tools correctly

This lives in opposition to the people who own the websites/apps goals. So it won't happen.

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While we're architecting the lives of millions of strangers what other reasonable things would you personally like to disallow?
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I'd love to arrest billionaires, but can we at least suggest some specific and resonable goals forst? Baby steps.

Eat the rich is a good mantra and banner, but not an action plan. Here in America we have at most 3 years of this left and at median 1 year (with a huge nebulous cloud based on the reaction to trying to seize power). There's a lot we can do to build up to the ultimate mantra.

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