Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o...
by PKop on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:13PM
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>this is in all likelihood true for every political party everywhere
Of course it is. And of course consistency is not the point. Hypocrisy is just good politics. "It's bad when you do but good when we do it" is optimal strategy.
Check out Schmitt for the "friend/enemy distinction" in politics [0]. All political factions plays this game, this is fundamental to democracy [1]. Holding your opponents to standards and principles you yourself don't follow is how you win. And of course speech rules within social media platforms is fundamentally a political issue.
Of course it is. And of course consistency is not the point. Hypocrisy is just good politics. "It's bad when you do but good when we do it" is optimal strategy.
Check out Schmitt for the "friend/enemy distinction" in politics [0]. All political factions plays this game, this is fundamental to democracy [1]. Holding your opponents to standards and principles you yourself don't follow is how you win. And of course speech rules within social media platforms is fundamentally a political issue.
[0] https://youtu.be/0d3aRYlSHDU "The friend-enemy distinction"
[1] https://youtu.be/HqgLlYO4JSo "Carl Schmitt On the Contradiction Between Parliamentarism and Democracy"