Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="beta_plus" data-source="post: 1120767" data-attributes="member: 1497">Big Corp + Big Gov = You Know WhoYou know who else like mixing corporatism with socialism?Yeah, that's right.There was a video a while back when one of the first waves of YouTube demonitization occurred with Paul Joseph Watson and someone else who I can't remember.They pointed out that not only were right wing videos being hit, but guys like PewDiePie (who was until that point apolitical) and Philip DeFranco (who is generally left wing) were as well. At the same time, corporate channels like CNN were not touched at all. They theorized that part of the censorship of hate speech, while obviously meant to silence the right, was also to censor YouTube personalities who were destroying established media companies with their huge followings.While we should obviously worry about the free speech implications of this, we need to worry that this may very will be a corporatatist move as well. This marriage between Big Statism and Big NewMedia is really disturbing.I'm a small gov free marketer, but I now am beginning to understand just why anti-trust laws are necessary. I don't mind big corporations making &quot;too much money&quot; and that argument never persuaded me. I do mind when they get so powerful that they genuinely threaten to take away people's rights and freedoms. This looks a lot like that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="beta_plus, post: 1120767, member: 1497"] [b]Big Corp + Big Gov = You Know Who[/b] You know who else like mixing corporatism with socialism? Yeah, that's right. There was a video a while back when one of the first waves of YouTube demonitization occurred with Paul Joseph Watson and someone else who I can't remember. They pointed out that not only were right wing videos being hit, but guys like PewDiePie (who was until that point apolitical) and Philip DeFranco (who is generally left wing) were as well. At the same time, corporate channels like CNN were not touched at all. They theorized that part of the censorship of hate speech, while obviously meant to silence the right, was also to censor YouTube personalities who were destroying established media companies with their huge followings. While we should obviously worry about the free speech implications of this, we need to worry that this may very will be a corporatatist move as well. This marriage between Big Statism and Big NewMedia is really disturbing. I'm a small gov free marketer, but I now am beginning to understand just why anti-trust laws are necessary. I don't mind big corporations making "too much money" and that argument never persuaded me. I do mind when they get so powerful that they genuinely threaten to take away people's rights and freedoms. This looks a lot like that. [/QUOTE]

Verification