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Err.. be independent of governments. The thinking of your post betrays an increasingly common totalitarian assumption behind the role of government -- perhaps
by mjburgess 2y ago
Err.. be independent of governments.
The thinking of your post betrays an increasingly common totalitarian assumption behind the role of government -- perhaps covid has caused this.
In liberal democracies the government is always supposed to have only a minimal, enabling, role to civil society.
- CGamesPlay 2y agoYour "be independent" is what I was hinting at with my "replace". The GP suggests that social networks either need to have oversight or be the oversight. You assert that they should be the oversight, but how is that not the same totalitarianism? To keep this on topic: the GP is suggesting that Meta/X put checks on what the Thai government is able to do on their platforms. This feels like a thin appeal to some higher authority that hopefully GP agrees with more, and definitely doesn't feel like a less totalitarian approach.
- imiric 2y ago> the GP is suggesting that Meta/X put checks on what the Thai government is able to do on their platforms No, that's not at all what I'm suggesting.[1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43749941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43749941
- keybored 2y agoThose of us who want democracy want governments to regulate companies since a government at least has the potential of becoming democratic (companies don’t). There are many others who want them to just “enable” society—perhaps because of their own financial incentives.
- codedokode 2y agoYou cannot be "independent" from the government on this planet.
- Braxton1980 2y ago>In liberal democracies the government is always supposed to have only a minimal, enabling, role to civil society. Who actually believes this except for liberations who aren't just right wing hiding their true views.