Comment on YSK: That nazis Don't Actually Believe in Free Speech
SabinStargem@lemmings.world 5 weeks agoI disagree about private corporations. Money is no different from that of religion, violence, or any other form of power. So long as you have a large monopoly on these things, you can greatly influence people to speak…or silence them. Reddit traditionally served as a public square, but now we see selective speech being forced upon everybody: Musk good, Luigi bad.
It is one thing to control speech within your personal dwelling, but it is quite another when you are in charge of a service. Should you be allowed to ban gay folk from buying cake? Or prevent a black man dating a white girl from dining at a classy restaurant?
Violence has many permutations, and forcing everyday norms is by far the most corrosive to personal identity and the social fabric.
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xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
That’s how it’s being used, yeah. But ideally it shouldn’t be.