Maybe it’s just because I’m so focused on my own issues as a US citizen… But how the hell did some Australian Christofascist group get this powerful? Like, the RIAA and MPAA combined couldn’t get the United States government to make this much movement on “objectionable content” (piracy at the time, and also now, and all of the time between then and now), but even the crypto fascists of yesterday year couldn’t get this much traction. Probably because people like Frank Zappa and Fred Rogers came forth to criticize the ridiculousness and the consequences of such a position and search policies.
May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
And 16 years later:
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Keep the pressure on.
Collective Shout got them to change their position and they’re a small group. We are legion, as the kids say
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
And we’re the ones spending the money
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
That’s really what I don’t get. Why make it impossible for people to give you money. That doesn’t seem to be the way capitalism is supposed to operate if something is popular then you should allow it.
reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
They’re the ones at risk of losing money if they get sued. You’re not going to stop using the payment processors because there’s literally no other option. This is performative.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 months ago
God I’m old.
Booboofinget@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s something we all have to remember. We have to be just as vocal as these idiots or they take over. They are not the majority, they are only the most vocal.