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arentyouspecial··on Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
Private companies are free to ‘censor’ what they believe is either bad for business or exposes them to liability. Maybe the free market has decided extremism is bad for business.
arentyouspecial··on Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
Considering their target audience, yes.
arentyouspecial··on Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump
What charade? I thought capitalists loved capitalism, oh except when your favorite fascist gets thrown off a stupid website.
arentyouspecial··on Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump
This spirit of the law? No the law says the government can’t infringe on some ones right to free speech. Twitter isn’t the government, it is a private company. Your type can yell till your face is blue about this stupid public square argument but that doesn’t make it true. Do you have the right to go into the biggest restaurant in your town and yell and instigate a riot and then complain about getting kicked out?
arentyouspecial··on Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump
Trumps free to go to parlor or some other right wing dumpster fire.
arentyouspecial··on Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China
I’m not the one moving the goal post, I remain steadfast that they are being exploited and every time I point this out you give a slightly different reason as to why they are not. First it was the two systems (China vs US) are vastly different, then it was the convict leasing was ended, then it was voluntary (except when it isn’t), then it was at least they get paid, then it was well they are criminals so they deserve it.
arentyouspecial··on Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China
Yes we all know how fair and just the American criminal system is and paying pennies is vastly different than paying nothing.
arentyouspecial··on Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China
Then why aren’t they paid a fair wage? Keep moving the goal post, but these people are being exploited.
arentyouspecial··on Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China
Except they did when they said “ Most people would also agree, providing a purpose - jobs, training and skills to inmates is a net win for everyone involved, and is a core component in rehabilitation - directly combating rescindance.”

I’m not down playing the Chinese labor camps, I’m taking issue with claiming the prison labor in the US is some moral good. It’s exploiting people, not attempting to rehabilitating them.

arentyouspecial··on Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China
It wouldn’t be like paying prisoners literal pennies is a way of getting around the law that made convict leasing illegal.
arentyouspecial··on Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China
Considering the rise of convict leasing programs across the south after the passing of the 13th amendment, I’d say there was very little difference.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict_leasing

arentyouspecial··on Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China
Oh yeah, these companies are totally doing this for the public good and not just simply exploiting cheap labor. And considering how hard it is for an ex con to get a job, I doubt this has any major impact on recidivism.
arentyouspecial··on SpaceX launches and nearly lands starship on its first suborbital flight
Planned. They wanted to test restarting the engines as if it was reentering the atmosphere.
arentyouspecial··on Billionaires Build
That’s a hot take, as if a boss/billionaire has never exploited the power differential to have their employees to work weekends or holidays to get a product shipped.
arentyouspecial··on Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.
More like we decided we don’t care for their shitty ideas or opinions.
arentyouspecial··on 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
And what about the animals that depend on mosquito larvae for food?
arentyouspecial··on Senior member of NXIVM told FBI about blackmail and branding, got no response
You aren’t as well informed as you think. Bubba Wallace didn’t notify the authorities of the noose, his crew members did. Also it wasn’t his place, it was in the garage at the track. He wasn’t aware of the situation until after his team/nascar notified him of what was going on. He wasn’t the one who contacted the FBI, nascar did. Get your facts right. Also what is a regular garage noose?