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We live in a world where corporate entities have an extraordinary control over our lives, what opinions we see and hear, even if we actively seek out those opin
by c3534l 8y ago
We live in a world where corporate entities have an extraordinary control over our lives, what opinions we see and hear, even if we actively seek out those opinions. At some point we need to stop thinking about free speech as simply a guarantee against government intrusion, but also a guarantee against our increasingly powerful corporate overlords.
- manfredo 8y agoThis echoes my thoughts as well. Consider the following: If a democratically elected government which is beholden to the wills of the people by (generally) fair elections cannot be trusted to wield the powers of censorship responsibly, then why on Earth should we trust tech companies beholden to no one but their shareholders to wield that power responsibly?
- api 8y agoSo conservatives are rediscovering anti-trust laws and concepts like natural monopolies then?