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MACS
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4 years ago

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tonygraz
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4 years ago

Does Prager U have a football team now ?

Abrignac
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4 years ago

Does Prager U have a football team now ?

tonygraz wrote:

They have a baseball team that’s in need of a catcher. You should try out.

delta1
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4 years ago

it's a two way trade...you get benefits along with liabilities...you decide where the line of fairness lies...there's freedom in that...

I gave up social media because of all the extreme and hateful chatter that goes on, even tho I've lost track of people I used to know and like

MACS
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4 years ago

I did the same, Al. Other than this place... no social media.

But it is a problem when Bezos, Zuckerdouche and YouTube/Google control what 90% of the population on the planet see and hear on the interwebs.

They made a point about the people who say, "don't like it create your own platform"... which they did... and got torpedoed by... Bezos, Zuckerdouche and YouTube/Google.

bgz
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4 years ago

Ya... this is my only stomping grounds. F*ck with reddit from time to time but that's about it.

MACS
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4 years ago

YouTube videos have a LOT of ads for democrats. I have never seen an ad for a republican.

Well... I've never seen one for the dems, either... because I skip it or scroll away... but it furthers my point that big tech has an agenda and they are silencing opposing views.

Gene363
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4 years ago

MACS wrote:

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Stogie1020
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4 years ago

Gene, I think he means the video ads that run before, during or after the actual video.

rfenst
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4 years ago

#10

Amazon, Google/Utube and Face Book are currently a privately owned business. They are the result of capitalism until the government takes them over or controls their activities. Like 'em or leave 'em as you see fit.

RayR
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4 years ago

#11

rfenst wrote:

They are not the result of "capitalism", properly understood. They might have started that way, but before long they became crony capitalists serving leftist partisan interests in government. If they were true capitalists, they would be serving consumers of all stripes without their clearly ideological interests displayed as cancel culture, and censorship.

rfenst
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4 years ago

#12

RayR wrote:

I am willing to bet you that their decisions and strategies are almost completely based on dollars. But, even if not, they still have the right to lean which ever way they want. Don't like it? Come out of the basement, sell your stock and stop using them.

HockeyDad
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4 years ago

#13

You should not discount the influence of the Chinese Yuan on Big Tech. There are lots of marriages of convenience like what we see with the DNC and big tech social media.

RayR
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4 years ago

#14

rfenst wrote:

That's quite a stretch saying that their decisions and strategies are almost completely based on dollars when they censor content and cancel accounts that bring in the advertising dollars. All in the name of stopping the spread of “misinformation” I hear.😒 Such public servants they are taking their cues from their government political cronies.
Then again they prey on the most vulnerable to enhance their profits too, particularly the young. Gotta get them while they're young and shield them from free speech and free thought if you want to breed good little leftist Demoncrats. That's the future of their business model.

Under capitalism, consumers would punish such wrongdoers in the marketplace, hurt them where it hurts, don't buy from them, don't pay for any of their subscription services and don't click on any ads, stop using them wherever possible and use their competitors who don't censor and cancel free speech.

MACS
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4 years ago

#15

rfenst wrote:

How blind can you be, Robert? Parler was started as a way to communicate without censorship or "fact checking" and the owners of the interwebs torpedoed them.

So if you have a conservative viewpoint and you'd like to broadcast it, uncensored, the interwebs are owned by leftists. FB, Youtube, Google, Amazon, Disney, Hulu, every major media outlet... how does one compete with a monopoly?

Smooth light
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4 years ago

#16

They maybe a private companies but their supposed provide public service, if not pull their licenses. Or give them 3 months at a time leases, and if they violate the term start compounding they're fines too.