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>>hhs+(OP)
It’s pretty depressing to see every ostensibly American value be replaced by profit-driven utilitarianism. “It improves X problem marginally and it makes money, so why not?” seems to be the reasoning for just about everything anymore. No discussion of values, of the society we want to build, or anything else. That’s the world the tech industry is building.

>>keifer+aB
> by profit-driven utilitarianism.

That's generous. To me it's just felonious corruption possibly bordering on treason.

> and it makes money

It doesn't make money. Which is why these rent seeking entities attach themselves to the federal and state budgets with onerous contracts that they will defend to the death. If they had to actually compete for private business they would be out of money by end of year.

> of the society we want to build

This isn't directionless either. The people doing this have a vision for your society and they're willing to do almost anything to secure that.

> That’s the world the tech industry is building.

Which is why I find monopoly law enforcement so important. "Too big to fail" has become the norm and it seems to me is a required ingredient in order to achieve these outcomes.

>>themaf+CI
You know you're in trouble when someone brings up "treason", the only crime defined specifically in the Constitution, exactly so people wouldn't randomly call everything they don't like "treason".

>>tptace+gY
> defined specifically in the Constitution

It also requires at least two witnesses to the same overt act.

> exactly so people

I imagine they were more concerned with what US attourneys would do. The people have always more broadly defined "treason" outside of the constitutionally narrowed "treason against the United States."