Monopolies are protected from competition by their very nature of being monopolies. How does one squeeze into a market that is controlled by a monopoly without having at least as much wealth as the aforementioned monopoly?
Are you saying that since the business model is successful it should be “nationalize” or “regulated” to make it more fair?
I am saying that since it is a business that impacts a critical necessity of our form of government, it should not be allowed to be maintained under the control of a party that is hostile to our form of government.
The ability to control communications in America gives those people who have that control a stranglehold on our means of making decisions. They have effectively stuffed the ballot boxes before the election even begins.
They "stuff" the ballot boxes by manipulating the public, by depriving them of information that the public needs to make rational decisions.
Our system of governance is absolutely dependent upon the public having good information. If you feed them only bad information, they will make bad decisions, such as electing a no accomplishment, mouthy, arrogant, affirmative action idiot.
Here is what Benjamin Franklin said on the subject.
Printers are educated in the Belief, that when Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick; and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter:
No politician is “required” to use twitter, it is a choice they make.
The terms of service for using twitter are clear and must be agreed to when you sign up. Part of those terms of service you have to agree to include the fact that they can terminate or restrict your account at any time for any or no reason.
Don’t like those terms? Don’t agree to them and don’t use the service.
“I am saying that since it is a business that impacts a critical necessity of our form of government, it should not be allowed to be maintained under the control of a party that is hostile to our form of government.”
It is not a critical necessity for our form of government in any way what-so-ever. It is a convenient communication tool and nothing more than that. Every single person that uses it signed agreeing to the terms of service. Just because they don’t like them now doesn’t mean they can or should be changed.
“Our system of governance is absolutely dependent upon the public having good information. If you feed them only bad information, they will make bad decisions, such as electing a no accomplishment, mouthy, arrogant, affirmative action idiot.”
Twitter is the worst example of providing good communication. There are character limits to the point where only “sound bites” are communicated in the best case.
If you are truly worried about effective and meaningful communication you should be encouraging people NOT to use Twitter.