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I think the hardcore libertarian is complaining that oligopolies embedded with the inbound political administration are collaborating to shut out oppositional v
by aksss 6y ago
I think the hardcore libertarian is complaining that oligopolies embedded with the inbound political administration are collaborating to shut out oppositional voices. Not seeing any contradiction with first principles of free markets and liberty there.
- rorykoehler 6y agoWhat will happen in a libertarian system where everyone can do whatever they please?
- aksss 6y agoPardon me, but this is a non-sequitur. Even in a politically anarchic system not everyone does as they please.
- rorykoehler 6y agoIt’s why I’m an anarchist in spirit only.
- maxehmookau 6y agoIMO that's a bit of a stretch. "Oligopolies embedded with the inbound political administration are collaborating to shut out oppositional voice" seems to be a hallmark of modern American politics, on both sides. Easy enough for the free market to fix, right? There needs to be a way to set up a free-speech/right-wing-friendly social media company that also manages not to automatically become a hotbed of conspiracy nuts and antisemites. Weirdly that seems quite difficult to do. /s
- aksss 6y agoThe libertarian critique is applicable to both sides. Not sure why you see it as a stretch - there’s a revolving door of jobs between some of these commercial organizations and the political ones. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/16/the-biden-teams-tug-of-war-over-facebook-436672 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/16/the-biden-teams-tug... Insofar as the free market is concerned, yeah, I think the criticism would be that lower barriers to entry and a restriction on anti-competitive practices would be a positive thing (whether via their M&A moves or overwhelming market ownership). Pointing to righteousness and virtue to shutdown Parler may help some of the faithful sleep better at night, but when simply looked at as a conveniently anti-competitive move for both commercial and political ends it’s quite a bit more banal.
- maxehmookau 6y ago> Pointing to righteousness and virtue to shutdown Parler may help some of the faithful sleep better at night, Shutting down garbage-fires of anti-Jewish sentiment, racism and patently incorrect conspiracies isn't righteousness. It's right.
- gedy 6y agoTwitter, Facebook allow Iran to post such content, no?
- aksss 6y agoShoot, they allow US citizens to post such content frequently, let alone other other countries.
- aksss 6y agoThis morning, I see Glenn Greenwald is calling this out: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/how-silicon-valley-in-a-show-of-monopolistic https://greenwald.substack.com/p/how-silicon-valley-in-a-sho... > isn’t righteousness, it’s right That’s what the quality of righteousness refers to.