There are few things more revealing of an authoritarian mindset than wanting Google and Apple to use their monopoly power to act as internet overlords, dictating who can and can't be heard, what ideas are and are not permitted.
Yet that's our situation and so many seem grateful.
Yet that's our situation and so many seem grateful.
As a reflection of how twisted and inverted our politics have become, in order to be a good "liberal" or "leftist," one now much demand that the internet be censored by Silicon Valley monopolies.
To oppose this abuse of monopoly power somehow means you're on "the far right."
To oppose this abuse of monopoly power somehow means you're on "the far right."
Earlier this year, @mtaibbi and I participated in a discussion with @DavidSacks in Miami on how we are now regularly called "right-wing" despite not having changed - literally - even one core view or value.
That's because this is what "far right" means:
That's because this is what "far right" means:
That some leading Republicans are now waving the banner of free speech *and* anti-monopoly abuse is a good thing for everyone whose brains aren't permanently trapped in a primitive partisan prism. Many Dems now support good anti-trust bills, too:
https://mobile.twitter.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1597619967062863874
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