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"What do you propose to keep topical forums on topic? There's plenty of forums where pure capitalist sentiment is allowed or encouraged."

/r/antiwork is just an example. Much more general forums are moderated, without the average user knowing the difference. The end result is election interference (like when Google de-platforms and removes search results for candidates it doesn't like) and big tech shaping politics and general opinions, on a massive scale.

Until this practice stops, I have no problem banning Fact checkers and content moderators from the country.



My dear sir that's simply not responsive! The metaphorical rubble of thousands of Usenet newsgroups refute your point. Without moderation, topical forums get over run, if not by soyjaks, then by penis pill advertisers.

You can most certainly find a forum devoted to whatever topic you desire to discuss, but you can't discuss whatever you desire in a forum devoted to a specific topic. This isn't censorship, and you are using whataboutism to justify not only your own prejudices, but also a national policy of prejudice that appeals only to one particular political faction.




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