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[โ€“] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A corporation I know is selling my data vs a person who might be. Obvious choice?

[โ€“] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Sorry, I shouldn't be so obtuse on the internet. The point is that corporations in general are not exactly non-people. They are a groups of people. The greed, selfishness, choices to violate privacy, these are all of people, granted in conjunction with the machine of late-capitalism. But there is always this false assumption that just because it's "people" and not a "corporation", it's inherently better, or for the benefit of all people. Your choice isn't between a group of people and some faceless entity, your choice is between different groups of people.

The same people who make up the faceless corporations will participate in your "owned by the people" system. Just look at the US government, supposedly "by the people and for the people", which controls/regulates corporations. Where there is power there is politics and where there is politics there is the accumulation of power. You have to do more to manage the accumulation of power that oppresses than just say "oh just let all the people own the system".