I’ll tell you the REAL impact of all this misapplication of our rights of free speech against GOVERNMENT censorship.
As often happens, when private individuals or private business do what the Right doesn’t like, the Right, instead of marshaling their forces in the open competition of the free market to raise up companies friendly to freedom and America like what Trump has done with Truth Social, they just whine and complain mightily implying or demanding federal government should get involved. But the federal government is the GREATEST THREAT to our freedoms.
The Constitution protects the free speech of individuals and private business. That means they can say or not say whatever they want and private business can allow or forbid whatever they want as to the federal government.
As Reagan once said in opposing government blocking communist speech once upon a time, that freedom can withstand and outlast the lies of communism and tyranny. Likewise, freedom can withstand and outlast the lies and deceits of Big Tech mainly by standing opposed with the truth and raising up spokesmen, loudspeakers, and industry that allows freedom of speech.
The worst thing the Right can do here is invite the federal government to regulate the freedoms of Americas. The mostly unconstitutional and totalitarian federal government is our arch enemy and greatest threat to our freedoms and well being. We need MUCH LESS GOVERNMENT, not more.
Patriots can compete successfully with Big Tech. Big Tech cannot put you in jail. But the feds can shut you down, put you in jail, and kill you very easily.
The problem is that Big Tech and Big Government are partners.
And Big Tech can put you in jail by indirect means. They simply need to ask their allies in Government to change laws and enforce them selectively against opponents. Obedient minions in government will do what their bosses tell them to do, which is all too commonly what a corporate lobbyist asks them to do.
Large corporations effectively wield just as much power as governments and must be restrained by rule-of-law for the same reason that governments must be restrained by rule-of-law.
And that "rule-of-law" thing? It seems to be fading away these days.
Big Tech is the new trusts with very high barriers to entry (which include the marketing costs necessary to establish a brand—which takes years).
They need to be broken up into a million pieces.
We need another Teddy Roosevelt to get it done.
Jim is right on target. Don’t ask the government at any level to help you.
People tried to warn us about Homeland Security before it/they became big government.
The Constitution protects the free speech of individuals and private business. That means they can say or not say whatever they want and private business can allow or forbid whatever they want as to the federal government.
As Reagan once said in opposing government blocking communist speech once upon a time, that freedom can withstand and outlast the lies of communism and tyranny. Likewise, freedom can withstand and outlast the lies and deceits of Big Tech mainly by standing opposed with the truth and raising up spokesmen, loudspeakers, and industry that allows freedom of speech.
The worst thing the Right can do here is invite the federal government to regulate the freedoms of Americas. The mostly unconstitutional and totalitarian federal government is our arch enemy and greatest threat to our freedoms and well being. We need MUCH LESS GOVERNMENT, not more.
Patriots can compete successfully with Big Tech. Big Tech cannot put you in jail. But the feds can shut you down, put you in jail, and kill you very easily.
6 posted on 7/20/2022, 7:11:32 AM by Jim W N