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Conservatives: we don't need the government censoring things! Trust the free market Free market: censors things Conservatives: no, not like that
by mullingitover 6y ago
Conservatives: we don't need the government censoring things! Trust the free market
Free market: censors things
Conservatives: no, not like that
- googthrowaway42 6y agoYou're thinking of libertarians, not conservatives.
- orthecreedence 6y agoIf we're being precise, you're thinking of neolibertarians. "Libertarians" are traditionally libertarian-socialists (anarchists).
- orthecreedence 6y agoDownvotes because I'm wrong, or because of butthurt neolibertarians don't know the history of the word they've co-opted?
- dexen 6y ago>Free market: censors things Literally the opposite of the case. Due to the power of Section 230, the online platforms are shielded from the normal liability, which gives them an inherent advantage. Section 230 distorts the market, making it non-free. See also: the excellent "Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attributes of monopoly"[1] story from earlier on today. Moreover, the Section 230 was specifically created to distort the market, to help kickstart the online communications and commerce, by giving it an edge over the other businesses. Now that it has done its job, we can revoke the Section 230, and return to actual free market. Where a tortious interference would be sorted out by a lawsuit. -- [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24771470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24771470
- mullingitover 6y ago> Now that it has done its job, we can revoke the Section 230, and return to actual free market. Where a tortious interference would be sorted out by a lawsuit. I think you spelled, "where posters freely waive their right to sue the forum as part of their publishing contract" wrong