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> stripping non-human entities of 1st amendment is effectively repealing the 1st amendment in the US Human individuals would still have a right to speak whatev
by ethbr1 2y ago
> stripping non-human entities of 1st amendment is effectively repealing the 1st amendment in the US
Human individuals would still have a right to speak whatever they feel.
And arguably, I'd extend that onto platforms above a certain size that can verify human identity (ideally anonymized after verification).
IMHO, newspapers/printmakers/movies do need to be regulated.
They deserve rights, but those rights should look very different than individual 1st amendment right.
Which seems reasonable -- nobody would ever confuse Alphabet-the-company with me-the-individual-person in terms of capability and capital.
- nradov 2y agoWhat a terrible idea. Giving government the power to regulate newspapers/printmakers/movies can't possibly produce better outcomes than what we have now. Preserving maximum freedom of expression is far more important than any election result.
- ethbr1 2y ago> Preserving maximum freedom of expression is far more important than any election result. I guess that's where we disagree. To me, democracy starts from elections with equality of opportunity. Anything shy of that corrupts the very foundations, and we've been trending shyer for a long time. Is it any surprise we get increasingly concentrated wealth (world wars aside) with a set of policies that allow spending unlimited money to buy votes?