• LouNeko@lemmy.world
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    That’s a bad idea because of how reliant small businesses are on social media advertising. A regulation like that would essentially screw over every business that isn’t rich enough to go to bigger advertising venues.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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      Twitter is not the sole, or even the biggest social media company in Europe. It’s not even in the top 3.

      The advertisement sector will be fine.

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      yes… because businesses are more important than democracies…

      you know, not that long ago these coverless books existed that came out every day. they had stories, news, even comics in them. and you know what? they even had advertisements in them!

      social media is a convenience to business. government is not a social convenience.

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        Businesses are the ones that produce food, medicine, clothes, build houses, print books, provide gas and electricity, build roads, etc. There are businesses that have outlasted monarchies and democracies. I’m not a corpo schmuck but small businesses are the soul of the soul of our society.

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          People Businesses are the ones that produce food, medicine, clothes, build houses, print books, provide gas and electricity, build roads, etc. There are businesses that have outlasted their usefulness monarchies and democracies. I’m not a corpo schmuck but and culture is small businesses are the soul of the soul of our society.

          there, I fixed it.

          the purpose of any business is to be profitable, otherwise it’s a charity. businesses have zero philanthropic goals.

          people make a business profitable. People make the products and services. People consume the product.

          no people, no business.

          no government, no people, no business.

          don’t let greed cloud your judgement.