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> This isn’t even close to true. Do you have anything better to say than just say it's not true? Zuckerberg injected millions into the elections. YouTube has c
by TeeMassive 5y ago
> This isn’t even close to true.
Do you have anything better to say than just say it's not true? Zuckerberg injected millions into the elections. YouTube has censored public hearings. Twitter has censored a bombshell story and has banned a sitting president. Reddit's CEO admitted they have the power to "sway and election". And let's not forget the "fortifying" of the election (https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/ https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/).
> The elected officials, as always.
The elected officials, as always. I’m so tired of this thought-terminating question. The democratic system is the piece that always closes that feedback loop. If you ever again need to ask “but who watches the watchers?!??!!” the answer is the voters.
This is a very naive view of democracy. Politicians can restrict speech, suppress inconvenient information, create and promote false-crisis and inject or cut money to media companies so that it helps their re-election; thus creating a positive feedback loop where we see the same sitting president or the same dynasty in power for generations like in a lot of African "democracies".
- seventytwo 5y agoIn your first response, you defend the idea that tech companies have more power than the US government. In your second response, you decry the power the US government has. Pick one.
- TeeMassive 5y agoThe government can still abuse its power even if corporations have more power in terms of the influence they have, that's not even a contradiction, those two things can be true at the same time. Also this also makes sense if you consider revolving door politics and the merger of corporation and state that happened the last 50 years.