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They're going to hear about how big tech is conspiring to censor and take down their man though. This stampede is going to tick off a lot of moderate, "incredi
by rwcarlsen 6y ago
They're going to hear about how big tech is conspiring to censor and take down their man though. This stampede is going to tick off a lot of moderate, "incredibly nice" people that would have otherwise been fine.
- awb 6y agoThat might be true, but then what? How do they boycott / protest these companies they’re already not involved with and don’t really understand? Maybe Amazon is the most exposed if the media is able to adequately explain how AWS and Amazon are related.
- rwcarlsen 6y agoThey have money. And children. And grandchildren. Those things equal influence. They also have votes.
- awb 6y agoSure, but you can only vote once and they already vote every election, so they can’t change their behavior there. I suppose they could donate more but my neighbors still flying their Biden flags have money as well. For them, these events and tech bans have only justified their world view of how dangerous Trump is. If the result on both sides is donating and voting and raising children that seems pretty consistent with the past few centuries of American politics. So, not much will change?
- rwcarlsen 6y agoThat's a fair point. However, it's a matter of how angry each side gets. There is some critical level of anger that provokes unrest and strong reaction.
- awb 6y ago> There is some critical level of anger that provokes unrest and strong reaction. Very true. I guess it's a fine line between being objective and being pragmatic. We don't want other people's anger to put pressure on our moral compass, but we don't want massive unrest either.