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And if your politics do not agree with Hacker News, then expect pontification about how the first amendment only applies to governments and not large corporatio
by ampdepolymerase 5y ago
And if your politics do not agree with Hacker News, then expect pontification about how the first amendment only applies to governments and not large corporations with massive network effects.
- eigen 5y agothe first amendment to the US Constitution says: > Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. can you explain how this should apply to "large corporations with massive network effects." would the other sections of the first amendment apply to private corps such that they couldn't deny medical coverage based on the corporation’s religious views?
- netr0ute 5y agoIf corporations effectively become governments, then the amendment should apply.
- junipertea 5y agoIf corporations become governments, they can make their own laws?
- netr0ute 5y agoThey already do, just hidden under the guise of lobbying and marketing.
- clucas 5y agoWhat are the criteria for determining if a corporation is "effectively a government"?
- netr0ute 5y agoMaybe if their revenue exceeds those of many governments.
- clucas 5y agoThat really doesn't seem like a good test for determining whether we remove a company's first amendment right not to distribute speech it doesn't want to. The New York Times has revenue greater than the tax revenue of a few dozen nations. Should the government force the New York Times to carry any editorial anyone submits?