Who would want to trust the GOVERNMENT - you know, the same people who bring your the DMV and the EPA and every other error-prone public sector operation - to get THIS right?
...is "consistent with theoretical libertarian principles, and perhaps in a future utopia that approach would work and solve all issues of discrimination."?!??
The pro-state intervention crowd is betting the WHOLE FARM on the government - the Justice Dept to be precise - to properly and ethically and logically adjudicate the FB, Vimeo, Google etc saga. Indeed, you say so explicitly when you say we have a
"liberal government colluding with private businesses, and some of those businesses colluding among themselves for political reasons".
Your solution? To live ...
..in the real world of government involved capitalism where government regulations pervade the business and private worlds. So changing those regulations, and using the existing structures is vital to short term progress.
So, WHO pray tell, will change "those regulations" within the context of the "existing structures"? Nancy Pelosi? AOC? Even when the Republicans were in charge of the House...would Paul Ryan have gotten it done?
But putting that aside, after you put forward a dystopia , you ask:
So how does your plan work?
I already answered your query, but one more time: STOP USING FB, GOOGLE, AMAZON, TWITTER, ET AL. If 63 million Trump voters did that and switched to competitor platforms and service-providers, those big tech firms would lose their minds.
I empathize with your disdain for pie-in-the-sky dreamers when it comes to the real world, who are living in a future utopia where a benevolent government works and solves all issues of discrimination. But the government isn't going to fix this problem. What is mind-boggling is why conservatives continue to feed the beast. As soon as someone can answer why any Trump voter is using big tech, then we can have a good conversation.
Your analysis is incorrect. You suggest switching from Amazon to someone else, but how exactly do you propose to stop using Amazon's most profitable business, Amazon Web Services? Do you have any idea how many businesses rely on them?
What is your solution to the day when some ISPs decide that FreeRepublic shouldn't be allowed online? Should we go out and start digging trenches to lay a new fiber optic backbone? What are you going to do when you can't get a bank account?
And if every Trump supporter decided to cut themselves off from the rest of America, then how is our society going to move forward without being hopelessly divided?