don't know if anyone has been paying attention, but the collusion between government and big tech that Musk has exposed via his takeover of Twitter is hard proof of the complete failure of the entire western governmental structure (which is by and large based on and led by the United States's governmental structure). — Tzeentch
suppose I disagree on the interpretation here by taking the free market speaking freely to be a form of free speech. — the Baden
Maybe at some point he'll realize these sorts are not worth pandering to. — The Baden
Not surprising, no. Just more proof that governments shouldn't be trusted, especially not with the power to limit free speech. — Tzeentch
The regulations against hate speech result from media outlets refusing to publish it because publication will damage the publisher's profitability. — Hanover
It wasn't the government. It was the opposition party. — Hanover
That is, if my racist rants result in Musk taking down my posts, how is that a more free system than the government taking down my posts?
When political entities spread lies, censor and withhold information they're mimicing totalitarian regimes — Tzeentch
We wouldn't want nazis controlling our government under the excuse they're only nazis when they're not in office. — Tzeentch
I'd say when it's instrumentalized for political gain we are well within the realm of totalitarianism. — Tzeentch
When a food contains vitamin C, we are well within the realm of an orange. But the food might also be a kiwi or even a potato. — The Baden
You can stop avoiding the point now, namely that a little bit of shit in your pie ruins your pie, and a little bit of totalitarianism in your state ruins your state. — Tzeentch
Keep in mind that the operative part of the term totalitarianism is "total" not "little bit". — The Baden
Totalitarianism refers to the belief that one ideology possesses the complete truth - this being by definition wrong makes every totalitarian system revolve around lies to keep the ideology intact. Propaganda, censorship, withholding of information, etc. are all instrumental to protecting the government ideology - we call them 'narratives' these days. And that's exactly what we're seeing today. — Tzeentch
"a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state." — The Baden
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