Comment by lolinder
4 days ago
They're strictly not equivalent—yours believes the US has a substantial amount of control over Facebook, mine does not. I can't change your belief, but I can draw a distinction between our beliefs.
4 days ago
They're strictly not equivalent—yours believes the US has a substantial amount of control over Facebook, mine does not. I can't change your belief, but I can draw a distinction between our beliefs.
I think it's better to say it the other way round: Facebook and to a much greater extent X has a substantial amount of influence over the US government.