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What institutions and who's the establishment? Facebook is the censor but also the disruptor of those institutions, so it can't be them. The world isn't necess
by exporectomy 5y ago
What institutions and who's the establishment? Facebook is the censor but also the disruptor of those institutions, so it can't be them.
The world isn't necessarily controlled by some illuminati-like organization. That belief comes from a cognitive bias called "Agent-detection bias" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection
It may simply be that free information created a bit of a power vacuum (perhaps the same as with the printing press?) so there's a scramble for power by all the people engaged in the culture war, not just existing powerful people but anyone who sees an opportunity.
- IG_Semmelweiss 5y agoYou answered your own question. You nailed it. Its a free for all. Winner takes all. High stakes in play
- exporectomy 5y agoThose are huge portions of the population, not some powerful individual bosses. Everyone who advocates for free speech is part of that power struggle fighting against everyone who wants censorship of ideas they don't want to become popular.