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The way nations relate to one another is fundamentally different from the way parties relate to one another within a nation. The UN is a debating society that s

The way nations relate to one another is fundamentally different from the way parties relate to one another within a nation. The UN is a debating society that serves to provide a venue for potentially belligerent actors subject to different laws who ultimately can only truly enforce their will with bombs and bullets if debate fails. Parties within a nation are all subject to the same laws with established responsibilities and rights with established procedures for settling differences. The fact that some platforms choose to exclude a minority of players from using said platforms to spread ideas that the majority finds evil and harmful is a feature not a bug. There are established laws that protect actual rights and privileges. Just none that would privilege you to stand on others property and shout hateful offensive things. Get your own bullhorn and stop trying to make laws demanding your neighbor lend you his.

foolinaround 5y ago
The UN also theoretically can step in if a nation does bad things to its own citizens ( like genocide etc). What is being discussed here is Twitter, an American company in relation to countries like India, etc. > to spread ideas that the majority finds evil and harmful Who is the majority? And how did twitter find it? If twitter lets a ranking system similar to HN/reddit, and content below a particular ratio is hidden, that might be fine I guess. it would be a mob, I would'nt like it, but atleast, its uniform. > Get your own bullhorn and stop trying to make laws demanding your neighbor lend you his. What does that even mean? Is twitter my neighbour? Do I, a ordinary citizen have similar clout? In a way, I see twitter as a bully (a loud bullhorn) who was terrorizing the neighborhood one after the other. He walks into this one, where there is a stronger bully (with laws that have teeth) and slaps him silly. This bully now cries, and yeah, not getting much sympathy from the folks he bullied.

foolinaround 5y ago

The UN also theoretically can step in if a nation does bad things to its own citizens ( like genocide etc). What is being discussed here is Twitter, an American company in relation to countries like India, etc. > to spread ideas that the majority finds evil and harmful Who is the majority? And how did twitter find it? If twitter lets a ranking system similar to HN/reddit, and content below a particular ratio is hidden, that might be fine I guess. it would be a mob, I would'nt like it, but atleast, its uniform. > Get your own bullhorn and stop trying to make laws demanding your neighbor lend you his. What does that even mean? Is twitter my neighbour? Do I, a ordinary citizen have similar clout? In a way, I see twitter as a bully (a loud bullhorn) who was terrorizing the neighborhood one after the other. He walks into this one, where there is a stronger bully (with laws that have teeth) and slaps him silly. This bully now cries, and yeah, not getting much sympathy from the folks he bullied.