The old days when the internet seemed to be the Wild West are over it appears. Ahh, the the old days that we lost! Formerly a place that anything goes, a new frontier, largely pioneered by young Indo-European men, is now a place for the masses to post on things like Twitter and for these new mega corporations to influence and control the thoughts of millions. What used to be a libertarian paradise is now becoming domain of corporate power that is backed by power of the state. Instead of a new age of liberty, it is depressingly looking like 1984. Although some free territory still remains, the average citizen has less and less access. I hope that new alternatives present themselves because the internet has been such a great tool for the cause of liberty. It has certainly educated me on such a wide range of topics that my whole view of the world has completely shifted. Though this shift has been difficult at times, requiring me to relinquish certain strongly held convictions, I have undoubtedly have become a better person for it.
Let’s continue to push the envelope of technology in the cause of freedom and human betterment in general. Only through free and open discussion can we approach the truth. That sacred ideal. When such a vast array of corprate-state power is arrayed to control and censor the masses, we know that we, those who resist such power, are indeed on the right side of history.
Tom Woods on Facebook Censorship