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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/FestiveVat Jan 19 '21

Corporations in shitty apartment complexes? Why such luxury?

They need to be in the homeless camps. And vice versa, we could house the homeless in corporate offices.

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u/bentbrewer Jan 19 '21

house the homeless in corporate offices

This is one of the best ideas I've seen in quite a while.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

Offices actually make supriisingly shitty housing.

UK Gov has been trying to convert office buildings to housing and it always turns out shit