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You’re surprised the us government has caused an economic recession and capital flight by banning the primary revenue driver of some of our largest tech compani

• manuelabeledo 3y ago
  What surprises me is that, for a country that does not miss a single opportunity to flaunt its status as a democracy, its representatives do next to nothing to protect it from a well known threat.
  • soared 3y ago
    The US gov defined free speech in a broad sense so that advertising is considered a form of speech. That means political advertising actually promotes democracy rather than threaten it - from their perspective.
    • hackerlight 3y ago
      That's a non-sequitur. Just because X receives Constitutional protections does not imply that X inherently promotes democracy. To illustrate, imagine that X = me giving a speech to 1 million people urging them to abandon democracy. That speech receives Constitutional protections but that speech is not promoting democracy.
  • jklinger410 3y ago
    I hate to come off as rude here, but America is probably the absolute last first world country to do anything to protect its citizens from the open market. If this is surprising to you, you aren't paying much attention.