>The very essence of "whataboutism" is to deflect criticism by directing it at an unrelated party.

The whole idea is that no party is "unrelated" and anything only makes sense when contrasted and compared, not on its own, on some absolute scale.

Even in the original Cold War meaning, the two parties weren't unrelated at all -- they were engaged in a Cold War, and one was criticizing the other. The accusation of whataboutism was then used to suss one side and keep the discussion one sided.

The whole point of accusations of whataboutism is to prevent the conversation to expand -- it's literally a thought-stopper.

>Perspective is about seeing the same thing from different angles. "But what about Zuckerberg" is not a difference in perspective, it's two completely different subjects.

That's not even a cop out. Perspective is about seeing a thing in general context -- how it measures, and how important it is related to others. Not merely seeing two aspects of it.

"Verb. put something into perspective. (idiomatic) To compare something with a similar thing to give a clearer, more accurate idea. You can put your worries into perspective when you realise how many people in the world are so much worse off than you."

There are food safety institutions to inspect a product of his harm. If Swamy Ramdev is doing anything evil, he cannot get away. There was one incidence when he was selling Gooseberry juice, but a food inspector didnt had its ingredient table, so they matched it with Apple Juice ingredient table. Of course, it would not pass the test. There are various such incidences where misinformation campaign on SM created paranoia.

I am not sure how you came to those conclusions you make.

Zuck isn't just selling data. The ads which are deeply targetted haunt you, it feeds on the insecurity of a person and reinforces their beliefs. This has caused many teenagers to suicide.

He is as dangerous as Ramdev if not more.