Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censorship

Re:Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censo... by UncleMeat on Sunday July 18, 2021 @05:48PM (#27876997)

This approach only works if you expect other people to do the same. I don't want to be thrown in prison for my beliefs. I'm not certain that "hey, we let you march in public" is going to stop fascists from throwing me in prison or outright killing me.

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Re:Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censo... by robertlagrant on Sunday July 18, 2021 @05:54PM (#27877033)

That can only happen if you gave government the ability to throw you in prison for that, and then somehow a tiny minority got into government and abused the power you gave them.

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Re:Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censo... by UncleMeat on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:01PM (#27877073)

> That can only happen if you gave government the ability to throw you in prison for that

Why? The universe won't stop anybody from doing that just because laws exist. Authoritarians will not be halted by existing laws or norms. That's what I'm worried about. And that's why things like preventing fascists from organizing in public has merit.

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Re:Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censo... by robertlagrant on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:40AM (#27906088)

> Authoritarians will not be halted by existing laws or norms

I think this is exactly what they will be halted by. 1930s Germany was full of propaganda against Jewish people and other countries. Why bother doing that if authoritarians can just snap their fingers and force people to do things?

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Re:Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censo... by toomanyducks on Sunday July 18, 2021 @07:48PM (#27877788)

The Liberal state has a monopoly on violence: whatever their violence is, like throwing someone into prison, is by nature justified in the eyes of the state.

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