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Clarence Thomas in the end suggested cutting the Gordian knot and invoked "common carrier" as the simplest solution. What exactly are the grounds for these private suits? Moreover, when the state is enlisting social media to act as an enforcement arm for what the state wants censored, private suits that somehow excise crony cancer seems a bit unrealistic. I suspect expecting any significant relief from what after all are the state's courts and defendants with inexhaustible pockets is even more so. This war will either be won by the rise of free market alternatives to Big Tech, which is possible but seems unlikely, a sea change in present electoral politics, likewise unlikely though possible, or a significant conflict, perhaps largely peaceful as standard politics dissolve and recoalesce into something different and more workable, or, given the totalitarian proclivities of our domestic enemies, a kinetic resolution. We'll see which occurs, but I would not bet against the last.

Jan 29, 2022
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