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That's an interesting point, but if you follow it just a little bit further you'll realize the problem. Corporations shouldn't live in existential fear of the e

That's an interesting point, but if you follow it just a little bit further you'll realize the problem. Corporations shouldn't live in existential fear of the executive administration because then they'll kowtow to every executive demand regardless of the legitimacy. What happens if Trump decides that every media outlet that criticizes him should be muzzled? Your suggestion is that all these born again Republican companies should play along and turn themselves into FOX News. That is a feedback loop that would permanently enshrine the current officeholders.

mike_hearn 2y ago
That perspective assumes people are passive receptacles, who simply vote for whatever the TV tells them to vote for. But most US TV news and newspapers was supporting Harris, and in every election Trump was outspent by his opponents. People aren't slates on which other people scribble, they have agency and make their own decisions.
jhanschoo 2y ago
> Corporations shouldn't live in existential fear of the executive administration because then they'll kowtow to every executive demand regardless of the legitimacy. Every executive demand is legitimate in a democracy to the extent that they represent the people. To take an extreme example, media companies should want to pander to the government, except only in cases where the government fails to represent the electorate. On the other side of the coin, one thinks that it is the national interest to muzzle foreign-owned media companies that represent only foreign national interests, and you would think that it is democratic for such companies to live in fear of the executive administration. You have a contemporary example in TikTok, where regardless of the actual reasons the rhetoric used to justify current actions is couched in that.

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That's an interesting point, but if you follow it just a little bit further you'll realize the problem. Corporations shouldn't live in existential fear of the e

by ryandvm 2y ago

mike_hearn 2y ago
That perspective assumes people are passive receptacles, who simply vote for whatever the TV tells them to vote for. But most US TV news and newspapers was supporting Harris, and in every election Trump was outspent by his opponents. People aren't slates on which other people scribble, they have agency and make their own decisions.
jhanschoo 2y ago
> Corporations shouldn't live in existential fear of the executive administration because then they'll kowtow to every executive demand regardless of the legitimacy. Every executive demand is legitimate in a democracy to the extent that they represent the people. To take an extreme example, media companies should want to pander to the government, except only in cases where the government fails to represent the electorate. On the other side of the coin, one thinks that it is the national interest to muzzle foreign-owned media companies that represent only foreign national interests, and you would think that it is democratic for such companies to live in fear of the executive administration. You have a contemporary example in TikTok, where regardless of the actual reasons the rhetoric used to justify current actions is couched in that.