Wolfie Christl on Nostr: "In our era, the power of private actors has grown to rival that of nation-states. ...

"In our era, the power of private actors has grown to rival that of nation-states. Most powerful are the Big Tech platforms, which in their cocoon-like encompassing of humanity have grown to control commerce and speech in ways that would make totalitarian states jealous. In a democracy, the people ought to have the right to react to and control such private power ... But thanks to the Supreme Court, the First Amendment has become a barrier to the government’s ability to do that."