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This situation appears to me to be corporations freely associating and/or choosing to do business, or not to do business, with other corporations. No government
by kingaillas 6y ago
This situation appears to me to be corporations freely associating and/or choosing to do business, or not to do business, with other corporations. No government coercion involved in either forcing or blocking this behavior.
In other words, the libertarian ideal of the future.
I don't see the problem. The fact that this behavior isn't universally celebrated is an example of why libertarianism fails in the real world. It doesn't even get the trivial cases.
edit: a word
- papeda 6y agoWait, where did this become a referendum on libertarianism? Nothing in the parent comment suggests this.
- kingaillas 6y agoI was just noting that fundamentally this is an issue between two corporations acting in their own interests, and that the government isn't involved. The OP paraphrased as "we want Facebook to censor", but that actual demand is "we want something that makes us comfortable". Which is a bit different. These corporations are deciding out of their own free will, to withhold their money. This seems to me to be ideal behavior from a free market, libertarian, perspective. Correct? :edit for clarity