Progressives who took control of Twitter away from Jack Dorsey were conspiring with their progressive comrades at the DNC to eliminate anything and anyone that the DNC objected to. Where do you see “government strong arming” in that?
When Government offers rewards and punishments to private companies (for the benefit of ‘party members’)- that’s strong arming.
The Government right now is telling Musk he could be investigated, regulated, and possible put out of business. Those aren’t carrots - they’re sticks. And they’re sticks based of Musk not ‘playing along’... Organized mob tactics.
It’s strong arming - because the Government HAS THE POWER TO BACK UP THEIR THREATS.
If the mob tells a private company they’ll get ‘breaks on food/carrot prices if they’re ‘good’ (and ‘good’ means they favor the mob - never speak against them or notice bribes, criminal activity or thugs pushed onto the political stage) but not if their ‘bad’ - (don’t play along) - that’s strong arming...
Government can offer incentives across the board - tax breaks for making your home more efficient - for example. But they can’t offer carrots and sticks to private companies to work again an opposition political party. That’s totalitarian. Strong arming is done in every hellhole country on the planet. And it’s done in many democrat run hellholes - where people must pay off ‘elected officials’ for favors. Third world crap.
Democrats are the party of criminals and commies and we know that by looking at their tactics. It’s not a philosophy so much as it’s a system of control freak shakedowns.