Comment by SilverElfin
5 months ago
It’s hard to know how to fight this new culture of censorship. It began back in 2016 when social media platforms like Twitter really became aggressive with their moderation, which basically became censorship. Now we have countries blocking websites and requiring age verification and knocking on people’s doors for online posts. It’s everywhere, not just in authoritarian countries like China but virtually all democracies. Maybe less so in the US but certainly all over Europe. It’ll take big cultural change and a new younger wave of politicians to move away from this.
Absolutely true. 100%. Step 1 should be a cut-off age of 40 for being a politician, and a strong 2 term limit for both politicians and political parties.
This is not an age issue, despite looking like one. This is a matter of agressive lobbying, and putting tons of cash on the case. Major ISPs also offer sports (football) subscriptions, so they are also interested in applying the block.
40? Do you happen to be 18-25? I ask, rhetorically, because when I was that age, I thought 40 was old. Now, I'm 30, and 40 seems a bit younger than it did +10 years ago.
I do agree that there should be a cut-off age, though.