Why Facebook-Parent Meta Is Willing To Lose Billions On The Metaverse

https://youtu.be/BrNu2a9uhR0?si=fsg9NolurVKYgnDt

*the universe is enough to handle, why go for a scam such as a fake universe?
Maybe the real scam is to make reality so painful, that Facebook and the government forces commerce though the "metaverse?" Facebook building dystopia?