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"An interesting twist on free speech on the internet is that almost all speech on the internet is being done on private companies' websites." This photo was ta
by ucaetano 10y ago
"An interesting twist on free speech on the internet is that almost all speech on the internet is being done on private companies' websites."
This photo was taken by a photographer employed by a private company, then published by a private company, awarded a prize by a private organization.
Not much has changed.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoThe alternative is something like socialism or communism. No thanks.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoMost forms of socialism are entirely compatible with private enterprise. Totalitarian media and production control like the Soviets used, yeah, that's different.
- Intermernet 10y agoI was thinking about this the other day. I'm of the opinion that the main problem with Socialism or Communism is exactly the same problem as with Capitalism or "Free Market" economics. Human greed. They're all viable theories of how to structure a society, but they all fail when the people in power decide to put their own interests in front of the needs of the general populous.
- ucaetano 10y agoCapitalism ends up being better because it usually tries to have a separation of powers between those who control production resources and those who control policy and politics. In real-world Socialism and Communism, they are the same, allowing for greed to have a much harder impact. Sadly, that separation falls apart far too often.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoThere was a while when news services at least paid lip service to the idea that they told people what they needed to know, not just what they wanted to hear. Obviously it wasn't perfect, but a lot of journalists took it very seriously. Facebook just fired the last of its on-staff journalists.