01-24-2020, 08:18 AM | #46 |
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But in our model (hell, in every model), there isn't any such thing as government interference, for the same reason privately-maintained monopolies don't matter.
By which I mean, the government is an intrinsic part of the market.
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The US government is not really involved in the social media censorship question.
But if it were widely involved, it would make the problem far worse, by applying more ridiculous censorship, in more ham-handed ways. We know this already. Social media just gets rid of everything with "Nazi" in it; an otherwise reasonable UK government goes a huge step further, and fines a pug owner 800 pounds for making a joke about Nazis. Sends police around to question the nature of tweets. Sometimes arrests joking tweeters and charges them. |
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Wait. What?
The UK government has never been reasonable. Incidentally, this probably didn't help the man's case: Quote:
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As opposed to all the other governments we like so well. If we threw a dart at a globe, chances are the government it landed on would be actively limiting what sites people can visit and pawing through their searches, as much as possible.
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And: I didn't say diddly about privately-maintained monopolies. I mentioned, in passing, natural monopolies Would you like to know about natural monopolies and why they're superior to the artificial monopolies you get with managed markets? I'll be glad to rant about it (I haven't had a good libertarian rant in a coon's age, so I'm well-primed).
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To imagine that the outcome of a public trial would be affected by whom is in favor of the different sides is...
...a pretty solid argument for keeping government out of managing any social media, in any way |
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The government is not only a regulator, but a participant in the market. Quote:
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I'm not disagreeing.
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"The government is not only a regulator, but a participant in the market."
Yeah, it interferes up and down the line: as regulator, standard-setter, participant; as enforcer, as restrictor, as thief. And the one thing it should be doin' (contract arbitration) it does poorly cuz it's mixed up in all the other nonsense I list above.
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Technically true, but meaningless.
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It's worse though, cuz humans aren't ants to be farmed (but those folks who are supposed to be our employees often treat us, and our interactions, as such).
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Has anyone told employers this?
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The employers (the private citizens) know the employees (the elected folk) are fuckin' around. Some care, many don't.
Domestication.
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