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The public has a lot more influence with policy than they do with internal corporate affairs. I'd much rather fight a bad law than an evil but legally operating company.

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> I'd much rather fight a bad law than an evil but legally operating company.

You have more faith in the power of your vote than in the power of your dollar, I take it.

For the majority of people, their share of the vote is a lot more powerful than their share of the dollars.

Precisely this. Thank you.

Wait how exactly would I use my dollars to influence internal decisions at a company such as Facebook?

When they screw up, stop using them. The currency you're giving them is attention, which goes to the user activity counts they use to sell advertising opportunities to marketers. If they run out of eyeballs, they run out of money.

You pay off a politician to get laws passed against them or to go after them with legal instruments.

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