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Wow, I guess 6MM ethnic genocide and a world war is comparable to a ~600k casualty chemical spill because at least we punished the Nazis more, I suppose that makes all the difference.

What a perfect comparison for how toothless corporations are compared to governments.

Americans don't think politicians are a different breed of people, they treat them differently because their position in government gives them a lot more power and impact than corporations.

> Who said anything about giving government infinite power?

Infinite power is an exaggeration but EU governments are giving themselves broad surveillance powers while directing your attention at behavioral advertising.




The sad thing about the holocaust is that it was a popular endeavor. It still wasn’t the case of some nazis unrelated to the German public taking over the power and doing something that Germans didn’t want.

Being done by the government and not by a company doesn’t change a thing. Maybe except that if it was a company, they would have monetize it better I guess.

Antisemitism was and sadly is very widespread in Europe.




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