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In before the "WE GOTTA REGULATE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER LIKE FREAKING LIBS!" crowd.

We conservatives believe in a competitive market and a can-do spirit. Don't like FB, Twitter, Google, or YouTube?

Don't use their platforms.
Go out and invest in or create alternatives.

Don't like FB, Twitter, Google, or YouTube? Don't use their platforms. Go out and invest in or create alternatives.

Does anyone really think the Deep Staters and this colossus giving us the IRS, Obamacare, the EPA, DACA, the IRS, and the Kelo ruling etc would really make things better? As I wrote elsewhere, empowering this govt to go after these private actors could result in some twisted result where all citizens are then REQUIRED to have a FB and Google account or else you'll have to pay a fee/tax. It can't happen here? Look at all the legal rulings blocking Trump's efforts on immigration. Look at Roberts' Obamacare opinion.

Asking today's Deep State-backed Leviathan to save us from FB and Google is like asking Hillary to protect our embassy in Benghazi. We little people have to solve this with private action.

There is a problem with your theory. Once a utility platform such as Google or Facebook has been established it’s impossible to compete. It’s like trying to start a new phone company when AT&T has all of the phone numbers. We hated Ma Bell but did anyone think it was possible to start hanging new phone lines? The online equivalent is information. My wife has over 500 people friended, think she is going to jump ship hoping that all of her friends will follow? No chance.