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> Doesn't antitrust already deal with this kind of thing? Theoretically, but as a sibling comment mentioned, enforcement of that has been lax. That's why I'd
by tivert 2y ago
> Doesn't antitrust already deal with this kind of thing?
Theoretically, but as a sibling comment mentioned, enforcement of that has been lax. That's why I'd like to see some defense-in-depth. If there are multiple ways to thwart that kind of concentrated power, we're not fucked if the one basket (antitrust) we were putting all our eggs into fails.
I also think you may letting perfect be the enemy of the good (e.g. antitrust should already deal with this kind of thing, so it's the only thing that should deal it).
- beej71 2y agoWhat form of enforcement do you envision that is compatible with the First Amendment?
- yodon 2y ago>What form of enforcement do you envision that is compatible with the First Amendment? The first step would be rolling back "corporations are people and have the rights of people." Granting corporations the rights of people turned them into a superior life form that can live forever, reproduce sexually and asexually through mergers and splits, mutate on purpose, own property, cross borders, and do all this with a tax advantage over humans. Willfully seeding the world with a superior life form was not a good idea, and today they have the lobbying budgets and first amendment rights to make sure they retain that primacy. I agree corporations need to be able to curate speech, but the first amendment is not the framework to use to justify this.
- beej71 2y agoLet's step is back from corporations a bit for a moment. What's the framework to justify me erasing (for no good reason) comments people make on my personal website?