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You have to know there is a difference between a private company not selling a bigoted book, and a government banning all books which criticize it
by AshWolfy 6y ago
You have to know there is a difference between a private company not selling a bigoted book, and a government banning all books which criticize it
- NeverFade 6y agoSo if our lives are effectively controlled by huge corporations, then we should accept that simply because they are technically companies and not the government?
- dwaltrip 6y agoThe solution to that problem is to break up monopolies that have too much power.
- AshWolfy 6y agoNo, and we should criticize how companies allow access to their platforms, but just because something was denied access to a platform doesnt inherently make it a free speech issue This is not fighting corporations, this is getting bogged down in culture wars
- mancerayder 6y agoWe know. But you also know, if there are monopolies, even if they are private, they can meaningfully limit the flow of ideas in a way that is highly problematic. And the term censorship is broad, and isn't specific to private entities versus government. Just because we don't have a Soviet-style government (good), doesn't mean that automatically everything is free and open. If I buy out all of a particular work of art and burn it in a bonfire, I've committed censorship. If not illegal, it should at least elicit some moral eyebrow-raising, no?
- AshWolfy 6y agoeveryone keeps saying this, but ive yet to see the numbers that prove ebay is a monopoly, especially since the books are available for free online