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People don't like confronting the idea we are violent tribal primates barely above chimpanzees, who conspicuously are also violent tribal primates. The only thing these companies are doing is holding a mirror to our society, and we really don't like the reflection.

The only thing these companies are doing is holding a mirror to our society, and we really don't like the reflection.

If that would be the only thing they're doing that wouldn't be so much of a problem. The main issue is that those companies are massive amplifiers of those violent tendencies.

And as long it doesn't hurt their bottom line or results in bad press they tend to give less than a shit.

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