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To answer directly, it's not eBay's decision because eBay is not a single person. I guess it's the CEOs, or someone under them, or maybe the board, or the shareholders.

I don't want to override the decision. But there is a disturbing context to the decision that's worth discussing.

Why are people making these decisions? Why are they coordinated and collective? Who are the beneficiaries?

And have we, as voters, shareholders, etc., put trust in the wrong leaders? Maybe all this crazy stuff professors have been promoting all this time wasn't just for attention. Maybe they meant it and taught their students to do it. And we are now seeing the results.




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