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		ethbr0 on Sept 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and bloc... How'd you get from profit to censorship to fascism? That's a lot of jumps! There are simpler explanations.

swayvil on Sept 29, 2021 [–]

Fascism is governmental power (ie dictatorial control over the public conversation.) in the hands of the corporation. Which is exactly what we have here.

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