Social media giants ban people. "At least it's not the government." App stores ban apps. "At least it's not the government." Amazon bans books. "At least it's not the government."
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Credit card companies ban customers. "At least it's not the government." ISPs ban websites. "At least it's not the government." Universities ban speakers. "At least it's not the government."
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Can you see why America’s Founding Fathers had a healthy mistrust of Government? Tyranny exists in smaller institutions and is inevitable in government. People with power often go astray from serving the interests of others.
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"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" is a saying for a reason.
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Scary times...and everyone is just ignoring it, especially those it is not affecting....YET
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Not every idea is going to be successful in the ideas market. I know you are being sarcastic, but this
IS the point. You toss an idea out and it gets tested. Our government cannot stop you. Alex Jones had dumb ideas that melted down in the fiery furnace and he had a fit. -
Alex Jones is not a martyr for conservative ideas. And neither will you be.
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Who said he was? And that is not an argument for censoring people's free speech. Fascist.
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before the names fly further, the First Amendment does not apply to private concerns, for better or worse. Alex isn't guaranteed an account on social media. That said, this was a coordinated attack, which shouldn't be tolerated and should be questioned.
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I agree. The coordination is concerning.
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Who exactly should intervene that’s bigger than social media? Who are these pleas going out to? Is it a call for intervention? Or just to raise awareness?
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I think awareness first. Then find out who's giving the orders and act accordingly. I don't listen to Alex Jones. But I'd have the same reaction if it were Rachel Maddow. The people who are applauding are missing the larger point.
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Because it seems that social media is powerful enough to be a national domestic threat but they aren’t. Unless the government hears the cries and intervenes. Calling Zuckerberg and
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If every option to survive online is stripped from someone, how is that different from a tyrannical government?
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All this makes sense when you realise so many private companies/infrastructures are actually extensions of the state.
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a friend of mine runs a military surplus store got a sumup card machine and had it working was asked for face book and website pages he gave them to them and suddenly told he doest fit their business model and cancelled it
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when he asked where he doesnt fit in they sent a list what they dont support he didnt fit in any of the groups and asked again and got same list again talk about censorship
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Everything you listed is also a giant lobbying group with millions or billions in taxpayer subsidies, government contracts and backdoor regulatory deals to crush competition. bUt aT LeAsT ItS nOt tHe GoVeRnMeNt
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Private companies have a right to refuse service. Don’t like it? Create your own platform and let the “invisible hand of the market” do its god magic. Capitalism is competition.
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Yes. However, private companies are doing MORE than than refusing service. They are banning of other services/platforms from being visible in the market, & are protected by states in their private platform-wide banning despite THAT being illegal. Thus:https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/in-a-corporatist-system-of-government-corporate-censorship-is-state-censorship-eb8a8b486577 …
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Yes. It’s almost like capitalism doesn’t allow for equal opportunities doesn’t it?
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