Comment Re:First they came for... (Score 2) 228
if the positive influence outweighs the negative
the absence of facebook won't make those problems go away. how do you make those problems go away? with influence. like facebook. a bastardized influence, in order to exist, is still an influence, and better than no influence at all
this is called realism
it trumps ineffectual dogmatic idealism, which is just as authoritarian and extreme as what you are complaining about
compromise always wins
if you want to lose, hold fast to extreme adherence to difficult demands and never budge. there's no better way to make yourself marginalized, ineffectual, and ignored