So here's the thing folks… These techno-optimist bros are intentionally blurring the line between what's considered business's lane and government's lane. This is because they want to usurp the role of government and are largely already there. They are getting everyone's minds primed to think it's normal for business to claim responsibility for the government's roles and responsibilities.

Now, ask yourself how you feel about living in the United Corporations of America, run by people like McKenzie, Musk, Bezos, Thiel, and Zuckerberg.

The attempts to break the U.S. government may not be a collusion, but they could certainly be considered an opportunity.

“McKenzie continues the blurring by suggesting that being platformed by private actors is a civil right: “We believe that supporting individual rights and civil liberties while subjecting ideas to open discourse is the best way to strip bad ideas of their power. We are committed to upholding and protecting freedom of expression, even when it hurts.” That’s fine, but nobody has the individual right, civil liberty, or freedom of expression to be on Substack if Substack doesn’t want them there. In fact that’s part of Substack’s freedom of expression and civil liberties — to build the type of community it wants, that expresses its values. If Substack’s values is “we publish everybody” (sort of, as noted below) that’s their right, but a different approach doesn’t reflect a lack of support for freedom of expression. McKenzie is begging the question — assuming his premise that support of freedom of expression requires Substack to accept Nazis, not just for the government to refrain from suppressing Nazis.”