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>"No one has ever had a “freedom to demand others broadcast my personal speech at great technical and financial cost”." Twitter's business model is to get as m

>"No one has ever had a “freedom to demand others broadcast my personal speech at great technical and financial cost”." Twitter's business model is to get as many users as they can and to have them tweet prolifically. The financial impact is minimal. Scale matters. We aren't talking about coercing a cakeshop. Twitter is a de-facto public square and looks a lot more like infrastructure than a publisher. >"It’s authoritarian af to believe everyone else is your tape recorder." Why are we so concerned about being 'authoritarian' against a massive corporation when said corporation is making editorial decisions and silencing journalists and citizens? We should not be putting the 'rights' of a corporation above the liberties of human beings. People are down voting you, I suspect, because you appear to be vigorously defending the ability of corporations to infringe on personal liberties while appearing to champion liberty itself.

meh99 5y ago
Twitter is a private organization that owns the physical infrastructure it’s managing. When did we switch from capitalism to socialism? You own their infra and agency now? The slippery slope is every pleb thinking they’re David going against Goliath. Really you’re all just berating and competing with your neighbors. Turning them into ephemeral ideas all living behind a blue bird logo. The masses cheered this all on ignoring the political reality they exist in. The chemical bath washing through your brain isn’t the same as others.
- BitwiseFool 5y ago
  >"When did we switch from capitalism to socialism? You own their infra and agency now?" This is a non-sequitur. Organizations censoring speech can happen under any kind of economic system. As a thought experiment, how would you react if Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, collectively decided that Libertarians were a problematic and dangerous threat? And, these companies decided to de-platform every libertarian account they detected in the name of public safety. Would you champion such behavior? Would principles dictate that you defend their right to suppress you? I know this seems like a bizarre thought experiment, but I genuinely think the Libertarian crowd gladly defends their own censorship. Ultimately, which do you value more, Capitalism or Liberty?

meh99 5y ago

Twitter is a private organization that owns the physical infrastructure it’s managing. When did we switch from capitalism to socialism? You own their infra and agency now? The slippery slope is every pleb thinking they’re David going against Goliath. Really you’re all just berating and competing with your neighbors. Turning them into ephemeral ideas all living behind a blue bird logo. The masses cheered this all on ignoring the political reality they exist in. The chemical bath washing through your brain isn’t the same as others.

BitwiseFool 5y ago
>"When did we switch from capitalism to socialism? You own their infra and agency now?" This is a non-sequitur. Organizations censoring speech can happen under any kind of economic system. As a thought experiment, how would you react if Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, collectively decided that Libertarians were a problematic and dangerous threat? And, these companies decided to de-platform every libertarian account they detected in the name of public safety. Would you champion such behavior? Would principles dictate that you defend their right to suppress you? I know this seems like a bizarre thought experiment, but I genuinely think the Libertarian crowd gladly defends their own censorship. Ultimately, which do you value more, Capitalism or Liberty?