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No, the idea is "there is a massive coordinated disinformation campaign designed to make the pandemic worse, what, if anything should we do to address it?" The
by SquishyPanda23 6y ago
No, the idea is "there is a massive coordinated disinformation campaign designed to make the pandemic worse, what, if anything should we do to address it?"
There are two obvious options (and lots of options in between).
(1) Do nothing. Pros: the propaganda gets clicks, which means revenue. The armchair libertarians are happy because nation states continue to have the freedom to saturate all communication channels with lies. Cons: The pandemic gets worse, mass graves continue to fill up, the US continues to destabilize politically and economically.
(2) Learn from past mistakes and address the propaganda with some sort of restrictions. Pros: limits the spread of deadly misinformation, greater chance the US remains economically and politically stable. Cons: Lost revenue. The restrictions will never be perfect. The armchair libertarians get riled up because it reminds them of a Hayek fairy tale they once read.
YouTube is part of a private company. They're under no obligation to give a platform to the propaganda arms of every world's intelligence agency.
- aww_dang 6y ago>'The armchair libertarians...Hayek fairy tale...' This is noxious. >'YouTube is part of a private company. They're under no obligation to...' This is the free-market, libertarian position.
- La1n 6y ago>This is the free-market, libertarian position. It is the status quo. Which in this case is free-market.
- SquishyPanda23 6y ago> This is noxious. Sure my tone could have been much better. You have a good point. But political dogmatism is also noxious. Personally I think HN is at its worst when discussions get derailed into a dogmatic recital of political cliches. > This is the free-market, libertarian position Right, I'm deliberately framing the issue that way.