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by thdrdt 2239 days ago
I know it's their platform so they can do what they want.

But why not show a warning like "the following content has false and dangerous information"?

Now it is gone so it can't be discussed.

And I also think you take away responsibility of the viewers if they don't need to be critical about any information.

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"And I also think you take away responsibility of the viewers if they don't need to be critical about any information."

This is exactly the problem currently though - the general population doesn't have either the time or critical thinking developed to understand this.

Daniel Schmachtenberger on Eric Weinstein's The Portal episode #27 said: “... and the most awesome thing of the current system [of suppressing unruly people] we don’t even have to deal with protestors with tear gas or bean bags or whatever mostly, because mostly addiction, and student debt, and information overwhelm and those things deal with the people adequately so they don’t actually understand enough or care enough or have the capacity to organize very meaningly."

Eric replied: “We just legalize weed and make porn free and everyone’s de-motivated.."

- timestamped link to talk https://youtu.be/_b4qKv1Ctv8?t=3780 - but I'd highly recommend watching the whole interview.

The goal has to be getting the population healthy enough to be responsible and reasonable, rational enough, otherwise these hierarchal systems lead by people are guiding this like parents raise children until people are mature enough; the extreme of this would be CCP controlling China's population.

I think if you disagree with what they have done, you should express that fully and also stop using the platform in favor of others who share your views.
Well I was just pointing out there are other options besides removing content.