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This is "don't piss off half the customers", not top-down censorship.
by erik_seaberg 7y ago
This is "don't piss off half the customers", not top-down censorship.
- runarberg 7y agoThough true, it needs clarification why this difference is important. I’m not entirely convinced that it is. Edit, to paraphrase: Why is it any different that control comes top down from a government or from a board of directors of a company?
- aianus 7y agoYou can buy things from a different company or work for a different company or lobby your government to go after the company and stop their behavior. It's much much harder to move countries, if they even let you.
- runarberg 7y agoThough I agree that there is a difference in scope, I’m not entirely sure what you say applies to the NFL. I guess Kaepernick would have to move to Australia if he wants to keep playing professional football. This supposed option of choice only applies if there is non-monopoly and there is an equal power dynamic between consumers/workers and heads of company. Neither is true of the NFL.
- minikites 7y agoSo being governed by corporations is superior to a government of the people?