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Joy's avatar

The United States still hasn't learned that monetary profit cannot be the goal of certain core functions.

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Rick's avatar

That’s a fact! It’s all about profit, with our so-called so wonderful healthcare industry, and now the glaring elephant in the room so-called unbiased media industry! Last I checked, “greed” is still one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

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Thornton Prayer's avatar

Maybe I'm old or naive, but I learned a long time ago that being a citizen is more than just being a cog in the profit-making machine. For me, honor, ethics, and integrity are much more vital than simply making money. This is especially true when it comes to living up to the principles that supposedly define what America is.

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Looks to future's avatar

Thornton, I'm old and have never been moneyminded. I believe in living simply so others can simply live. I'm amazed at the greed and selfishness of so many people, some in my own family.

I haven't watched so called media since the last week before the election. I was dumbstruck watching the same rally live and then watching the cleaned up version on CNN, MSNBC,FOX. Yes, I attempted to be open minded and even watched Fox... as long as I could stomach their lies without being sick to death. The lies were so blatant I can't believe how many people "believed" them!!!! It seems our education system is lacking in critical thinking development 🤔

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SNaomi19's avatar

Well unfortunately, the way we use capitalism, all that matters is profit. We have some businesses run by how it would matter to shareholders and not customers. I don't have a way for us to change our views on business, but I think open dialogue that is not monitored by an egotistical billionaire is a great start.

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Robertp123's avatar

Like truthful, balanced news.

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Hannah B's avatar

It's learning now. The hard way, as always.

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SeekingReason's avatar

Joy, Isn’t that stunning. The left is pushing BlueSky and doesn’t seem to look into the ownership! A foreign individual (China) previously started by the people who sold out Twitter to Musk

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Joy's avatar

The code running Blue Sky is open source, meaning that anyone with the skill set can launch their own version of it

In addition,

Jay Graber is the primary owner and CEO of Bluesky, a social media app that's been described as a Twitter alternative:

Ownership

Graber is the primary owner of Bluesky, along with the rest of the Bluesky team.

Board

Other members of the Bluesky board include:

Jeremie Miller, the inventor of Jabber/XMPP

Mike Masnick, the founder of Techdirt

Kinjal Shah, a general partner at Blockchain Capital

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