The issue is that this post sweeps up both "evil capitalists" and "laws that prevent sex trafficking and money laundering, financing terrorism, and generally ba

The issue is that this post sweeps up both "evil capitalists" and "laws that prevent sex trafficking and money laundering, financing terrorism, and generally bad things" right into the same bucket. I chuckled out loud that the article had both: "right-wing radicalization which has resulted in widespread political violence [and] distribution of misinformation" as something evil that companies do, right along with "control of platforms which allows them to censor unfavorable currents in the culture at large". Sorry, but pick one - either you get very strong free speech and have to deal with things you don't like, or you get to play the censor and enter that minefield which nobody will ever navigate successfully. Oh, and on "an enormous carbon footprint", have you looked at bitcoin mining lately? Not a good place to throw stones from given the horrendous power usage of mining rigs. It's easy to denounce those evil people over there and much harder to propose real and actual change of the system. You want to get rid of KYC laws - are you OK with financing sex traffickers then? You want there to be no regulation on money - are you OK funding terrorists?