[thoughtomator]

The thing is, we DID build our own platforms. These Communists built nothing on their own - they took over the institutions we built.

The people who built our tech infrastructure were overwhelmingly libertarian. The Left had no interest in any of it until it became successful.

[Heartlander]

When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
- Frank Herbert Children of Dune

[Alberta's Child]

One reason conservatives shy away from building social media platforms (or media platforms in general) is that they simply are not good business ventures. This gets magnified in almost any high-tech industry. Facebook is allegedly worth a bazillion dollars, but has never paid even a penny in dividends. Same goes for Amazon. And Uber just had an IPO a couple of weeks ago where the prospectus for new investors openly admitted -- get this -- that the company might never be profitable.

A "conservative" media platform might be a flop, but one with minimal censorship -- and ZERO political censorship -- would likely be a success.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The thing is, we DID build our own platforms. . . . The people who built our tech infrastructure were overwhelmingly libertarian. The Left had no interest in any of it until it became successful.

. . . These Communists built nothing on their own - they took over the institutions we built.

O’Sullivan’s First Law:

All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing.

I cite as supporting evidence the ACLU, the Ford Foundation, and the Episcopal Church. The reason is, of course, that people who staff such bodies tend to be the sort who don't like private profit, business, making money, the current organization of society, and, by extension, the Western world. At which point Michels's Iron Law of Oligarchy takes over — and the rest follows.