03-11-2024, 04:03 PM
(03-11-2024, 02:57 PM)Kodra24 Wrote: But again, it is a CHOICE to use it! We, the people, have the power to stop FB or any other social media empire by simply ditching it or switching to another platform or creating our own platform
There is NO CHOICE in the state intervention which you highly speak of, there is NO CHOICE in government overreach, you are not grasping the extraordinary dangers you are advocating for because, I'm guessing, you were never in such a danger
In a democratic state, there absolutely is a choice in the state intervention. Even in a system with a really dumb design (e.g. first-past-the-post voting), the people can replace the government, even if it’s harder than it should be.
With large corporations, we have control over them only in a way similar to how we have control over the government: by getting together and acting collectively. In a democratic society, the biggest way in which this is done is through the government.
That being said, I think a lot of things are best left to individual choice, but in order for real choice to exist in most markets, there have to be rules, created collectively (i.e., through government, whatever you prefer to call it), that constrain the behaviour of individual market participants.