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by kortilla13 hours ago |
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upvoteby p_j_w13 hours ago|
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> values that people in the US might care about (freedom of speech, limited govt, etc).

The US federal government forced Paramount to take Colbert off the air. Seems that people in the US don’t actually value these things.

> What values specifically are you optimizing for here?

Probably not being fascist.

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upvoteby Gigachad13 hours ago|
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They currently have the military circling a pool to intimidate people trying to take photos of the botched paint job.
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upvoteby Applejinx6 hours ago|
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In fairness, it's our Berlin Wall, and I absolutely would want a piece of the delaminating paint as a souvenir. The difference is we are so early into the collapse that the armed guards are still there. But yeah, it's definitely not just pictures, I'd want a piece of the blue stuff. It'd be a souvenir and also me taking it away from there, so win/win. Of course there's armed guards guarding the swamp now, what else would there be?
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upvoteby fuck_google12 hours ago|
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Intimidation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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upvoteby throwaway2744813 hours ago|
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> The US federal government forced Paramount to take Colbert off the air.

Not really; the Ellisons are quite close to Trump. Nobody was forced to do anything. Had the FCC actually revoked their license, and had Paramount actually been willing to fight, they could have sued. It's not easy to force anyone that rich to do anything; the state works on behalf of capital. It seems like europe is more aware of the meaningless bluster than the actual crimes being committed

There are much better things to point to to illustrate the deterioration of the rule of law, like blatantly illegal deportation of citizens without due process. Or raping children in concentration camps under the guise of cracking down on crime. We may never even know who was seized and what happened to them and there's little incentive for our very pro-corporate media to report on it.

But sure, paramount is the real victim here.

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upvoteby hvb29 hours ago|
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You might want to read the 3rd paragraph of this article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger_of_Skydance_Media_and_P...

Read that timeline and then see if you're still convinced that they didn't at least seem to have done a thing or 2 to appease the federal government

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upvoteby solumunus13 hours ago|
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The UK can arrest you for hate speech. You can disagree with that policy on free speech terms if you want, and that’s really a maximal free speech position. It’s a very strange position to hold if you’re claiming that the U.S. is better when it comes to free speech. The U.S. administration is engaged in active smear campaigns against anyone who speaks loudly against them, threatened to revoke licenses of media companies, they’re suing people and corporations to silence them and pressure them into conformance, they’re threatening to deport people who are simply expressing anti-Israel views, threatened to remove funding from universities, deployed the military in cities they don’t like for no other reason than intimidation of political rivals. This is just off the top of my head.

There’s just no comparison really. You must really be inhaling some nonsense X propaganda if you think government overreach is worse in Western Europe.

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upvoteby calgoo11 hours ago|
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The UK is not the EU, the UK is US "lite", they have always been that way, thats not something new.
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upvoteby 8 hours ago|
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upvoteby nxm11 hours ago|
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I as a individual won’t get arrested for speaking my mind, and that’s much more important than some legal battle around corporate media.

„ deployed the military in cities they don’t like for no other reason than intimidation of political rivals” That’s one perspective on simply trying to enforce laws.

Moreover, let’s not forget about how Biden government tried to silence Rogan.

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upvoteby vrganj8 hours ago|
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You know who else was simply enforcing laws? The Gestapo.
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upvoteby goodpoint11 hours ago|
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> The UK can arrest you for hate speech.

And that's a good thing.

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