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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by BeetleB on Monday May 18, 2020 @05:43PM (#23228718)
> What other evidence would you like to see?

What do you mean by "other" evidence? You didn't provide any.

> but it does have less problems

Unsubstantiated claim.

> and it has worked for more than a century for this great nation

Unsubstantiated claim.

To respond in a manner similar to your other comments:

What does "worked" mean? How is it an improvement? How does it have fewer problems? Where exactly did it work in whatever great nation you're thinking of. Have you considered where it didn't work? What is the metric for "worked"?

Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by manigandham on Monday May 18, 2020 @05:52PM (#23228821)
American companies didn't side with authoritarian regimes before and wouldn't if they just followed 1A rule. People wouldn't be censored on platforms if they just followed the 1A rule.

The metric is personal freedom and how much you can do without the government or someone else preventing you from doing so. Anyone can say what they want and people can ignore and block, leading to more freedom for all.

This is an improvement. It was also what we had before. It worked everywhere in America. I don't know of any place where it didn't work and do note that many countries without freedom envy the American way.

Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by BeetleB on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:16PM (#23229032)
> American companies didn't side with authoritarian regimes before

Please do a simple search before making incredibly wrong claims. There was one very famous case in the decade you refer to. And when you look at the history of American companies in general, you'll find more.

> The metric is personal freedom and how much you can do without the government or someone else preventing you from doing so.

> This is an improvement. It was also what we had before. It worked everywhere in America. I don't know of any place where it didn't work and do note that many countries without freedom envy the American way.

As others have pointed out to you, by that metric, the US failed considerably. It's not what we had before in practice. People have pointed out places where it didn't work.

> do note that many countries without freedom envy the American way.

And many Americans envy other countries for traits they have that the US lacks. What's the relevance?