Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
by deadbeefisahex on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:52AM
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that's hardly the case though, big corps are effectively lobbying the government for big profits. they do have their lobbyists already set up for both parties it's not not the time to spend the time or the energy on the losing side for the next 4 years.
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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
by sandworm101 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:16PM
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My point was that at least they are lobbying those who have been elected. That is democracy ticking along as planned. If they were instead lobbying non-elected people such as former presidents or family patriarchs, that would be undemocratic.
Seeing companies cozy up to elected officials reassures me that those elected officials still wield power. When companies abandon elected officials, ignore them as irrelevant, then we know that our elected representatives are not in charge and democracy no longer matters.