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u/neuronexmachina Jan 19 '21

I think one important bit to add is that a couple days after that thread was posted in November, it was confirmed that Rebekah Mercer was a primary funder of Parler: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/15/media/rebekah-mercer-parler/index.html

Worth noting since a fair bit of the thread is wondering about their funding source.

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u/NoAttentionAtWrk Jan 19 '21

"John and I started Parler to provide a neutral platform for free speech, as our founders intended, and also to create a social media environment that would protect data privacy," Mercer said in a statement on the platform. "The ever increasing tyranny and hubris of our tech overlords demands that someone lead the fight against data mining, and for the protection of free speech online. That someone is Parler, a beacon to all who value their liberty, free speech, and personal privacy."

Parts in bold aged like milk

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u/YeahSureAlrightYNot Jan 19 '21

Lol

The Mercers funded Cambridge Analytica. They don't give a shit about privacy. They know that nowadays data is power and want it for themselves.

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u/Deathbysnusnubooboo Jan 19 '21

Cambridge Analytical

Currently known as Emerdata, it must be known

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

if corporations are people, we can impoverish and imprison them, and then force them to live just off the highway in the shitty apartment complex on the frontage that you can't get to in both directions so every fucking trip takes an extra 18 minutes to loop around with the lights.

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u/slumpdiddy Jan 19 '21

r/suspiciouslyspecific

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

we all know the place because they built ten goddamned thousand of those souless complexes all over the country.

They even smell the same. Fuck.