Really it isn't crazy but low level dickery of "they are competing with us stop that". If you replace "end democracy" as "end our company's influence on it beyo

Really it isn't crazy but low level dickery of "they are competing with us stop that". If you replace "end democracy" as "end our company's influence on it beyond one vote per person" you'll get a way more accurate picture of what all vested interest are saying. The harsh truth is that they still sucked before the internet if not worse. It is just that a middle or high school student could prove them woefully inaccurate with low level basics with an internet connection. Hell any teenager could ask them how goddamn dumb do they think they are about the moral panics flat out made up by them or credelously accepted like rainbow parties. Even the cool dude would gotten have bullshit claimed about getting seven different girls with color coordinated lipstick to blow him. And this isn't a purposely absurd rhetorical anecdote - these are real claims! Nobody is flawless here - I believe the proper model is freedom of the press and calling out when the press is total fucking bullshit and letting it go out of business on its own.