• HuddaBudda@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    We should not throw out our rights, just because China doesn’t have those same rights.

    China should be the example of a bad way to monitor the internet, not the end goal.

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      6 months ago

      We should also not allow any company that has lied directly to the US public and the government to continue to be a private company.

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        6 months ago

        So basically all big companies, certainly all major social media platforms, have to shut down or be nationalized?

        Sounds a bit drastic but ok, I’m with you!

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          6 months ago

          Sure, pre “trickle down” Canada crown corporations: Passenger Trains, now private(Via Rail) Oil: Imperial Oil, now Enbridge(and its insane russian doll network of shell companies) and Petro-Canada ISPs: BCTel+AlbertaTel: Telus, Ontario and Quebec: Bell Even just that subset would drastically change Canada for the absolute better.