Originally Posted by Everett Adams
When retired CRTC people say it gives them too much power over what people post on the net, then I guess they can see the real reason for the bill. The government already controls much of the news we see and hear and read by giving millions of tax dollars to these organizations, you don't bite the hand that feeds you this well, so you water down the news to not make them look bad, right the opposite of what the media is suppose to do. Countries like Iran seem to block out what they don't want their people to see on the net, so I guess Canada can too.

Nefarious and well financed forces seek to centralize power for the purpose of making it easier to gain control over and then bend to their wills.
Parallel tactic is to destroy the influence of their enemies, either through shame, defamation and ostracism or literal destruction.

The problem is that nefarious forces exist amongst all factions.

John Brown, for instance, was an abolitionist whose "cause" was on the correct side of human history and righteousness. Yet, he also seemed to be a murderous beast with an innate blood lust. When looking for boogeymen (or women) to blame evil on, the first thing to do is to examine the ones in your own camp...and then look beyond that.

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