dudebro@lemmy.world to conservative@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHow would you feel about a government-funded social media platform that was required to support free speech?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1-21arrow-down1message-squareHow would you feel about a government-funded social media platform that was required to support free speech?dudebro@lemmy.world to conservative@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredudebro@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·1 year agoI mean, considering how crucial social media has become for sharing ideas, the argument would be that the government should facilitate a way for everyone to have access to it. Having a few big companies control the narrative is hardly free speech.
minus-squarerhacer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoIf you are a conservative that means you believe government should be small. Adding government agencies and services is antithetical to that.
minus-squaredudebro@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoNo it doesn’t. Not in theory, and not in practice.
I mean, considering how crucial social media has become for sharing ideas, the argument would be that the government should facilitate a way for everyone to have access to it.
Having a few big companies control the narrative is hardly free speech.
If you are a conservative that means you believe government should be small. Adding government agencies and services is antithetical to that.
No it doesn’t.
Not in theory, and not in practice.