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"It's just that the people listening think you're an asshole." I don't think it's unfair to presume that the author wasn't considering "people" to be "nations"
by oarsinsync 7y ago
"It's just that the people listening think you're an asshole."
I don't think it's unfair to presume that the author wasn't considering "people" to be "nations" in this context.
- deogeo 7y agoToo bad, because according to his narrow free speech == 1st amendment view, it doesn't matter where the pressure comes from, as long as it's not the US government. "The people" he refers to end up being multinational corporations, and they're just banning the "assholes" that are endangering their profits. Or even just drawing attention to them: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/business/media/cartoonist-fired-from-farm-news.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/business/media/cartoonist... Of course he knew perfectly well that "the people" are giant corporations. But because he agreed with the censorship at the time, he chose to frame it as somehow democratic.