Colonization"The once serious gay rights movement is now a consumer choice industry selling a dizzying array of “identities”, this reframed immutable characteristics as a series of lifestyle choices - an inversion of the old homophobic attack line that being gay was a lifestyle choice"

submitted by BEB from twitter.com

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Constantine 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

There must be something in between these two extremes, though neither side wants you to believe it.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I believe in a free market. But in a true free market, there is some regulation to prevent predator corporations from buying up smaller businesses and stifling competition, and to prevent monopolies and oligopolies from happening.

[–]Constantine 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Absolutely. Nail on the head.

[–]deliciousdogfoodmy name isnt a puppyplay reference i swear 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm pretty sure even the US has antitrust laws. They're just seldom enforced because politicians know there's a lot of money to be made by looking the other way. The net neutrality act had the exact intention of preventing monopolies from holding the Internet Service industry hostage. (Not the best example given that Trump's FCC repealed it but y'know)

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Trump was stupid to repeal the Net Neutrality Act. As a consequence of that, it’s been harder for alternatives to Big Tech to grow in America. Sites like BitChute, Entropy, Telegram, VK and DailyMotion are based in Britain, Canada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Russia and France respectively. Furthermore, with Big Tech having a stronger monopoly than ever before, they were able to ban Trump's biggest supporters. These bans have been a factor in Trump losing the election in 2020.

Trump dug his own grave. And he still doesn’t know he did it. And on top of all that, Trump never stood up for any of his supporters when their accounts were deplatformed. Then Twitter banned Trump, and Trump cried the victim. I’m not a fan of Biden, but Trump threw his supporters and his supporters' utilities under the bus, so Trump deserved to lose. I have no support for Trump. In fact, I regret that I supported him in 2017 and 2018.