What you are talking here is about hiding and distoring information. This is not censorship. Power is not involved here. This is happening everyday (moment actually), everywhere!for example (leftist universities censoring right wing views = larger societal problem of right wing censorship) — wanderoff
The social media are not "power". You could at least consider the actual media (broadcasting, publishing, internet), esp. TV and newspapers, which, because of their power, are called "Fourth Estate". Yet, even they don't have enough power to or even not even interested in or need to exercise actual censorship.My point is that this belief seems widespread especially on social media — wanderoff
Well, if you don't see this, you must most probably use the word "power" with some other meaning. I'm speaking about "Political or social authority or control, especially that exercised by a government." (2nd definition in Oxford LEXICO). My whole description, the examples I gave, the excerpt from Wikipedia ... all referred to that "power"!power is not involved ? — wanderoff
Power relies a lot less on controlling the "messages" as much as they are focused on controlling the medium (?). At least in the case of internet politics. — wanderoff
I'm suggesting that the thirst for subversion has been entirely absorbed within a system that cares very little about the content of the subversive beliefs , so long as the liberal value of open dialogue and discussion (this is a liberal idea AGAINST repressive, aristocratic power) continues to dominate our political imagination, we will continue to seek political desire in speaking subversively online, which does next to nothing. — wanderoff
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