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"Amid this global movement to end anti-Blackness, we credit these companies for answering our call swiftly and taking a clear stand for what's right so we can hold Facebook accountable for its racist policies," said Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, which is one of the groups organizing the boycott.
Almost 100 firms have joined the boycott so far, Robinson said, adding: "Facebook has a decision to make: adopt a civil rights infrastructure or continue to see key advertisers dropping from its platform."
[...] Most recently, the tension between Facebook and the content its users share has come to a head due to messages posted by President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign in the past month, amid nationwide protests in support of Black communities and against police violence. Twitter in late May took action against a Trump tweet by appending a warning that it glorified violence against protesters, in contravention of the site's rules. Facebook, however, took no action against the same content, and the company took heat from both civil rights advocates and employees over that choice.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by HiThere on Saturday June 27 2020, @08:11PM (5 children)
The government of the US that will oppress the population is fascist rather than Communist. I'm not sure of the correct tense here, as certain segments of the population are already being suppressed. The real question, however, is the form of fascism. Currently it looks as if the corporations may be running the government rather than the other way around.
Note: China is a very interesting example of how this isn't a linear system. China is both partially Communist and partially fascist, though with the government very definitely on top. (It isn't nearly as Communist as its rhetoric. If it tried it would be a failed state very quickly. But it is, or has been until recently, a populist based totalitarian system. I'm not sure how populist based it still is, but the rhetoric is still populist.)
I'm not sure that there is a government of an industrial country that isn't either fascist or ostensibly Communist. (I say "ostensibly" as I don't believe that there's an actual Communist country on the planet. Perhaps some small island somewhere. The system doesn't scale. Most countries that call themselves Communist are actually totalitarian fascists...which is not a redundancy.) That said, communist (small "c") groups are fairly common in the very small scale. Say 50 or fewer people. They do require a charismatic leader, and tend to change into something else either because success causes them to grow until communism doesn't work or because they fail, or lose their leader.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2020, @09:57PM (1 child)
No it isn't. Fascism is what the Soviet Union would have looked like if Stalin had not reverted Lenin's market reforms. Fascism was what Mussolini saw as the reality of a Communist state. The only thing missing for China to become full fascist is the concept of expansionism under total war, which we may see as their economy falters.
Collectivist movements are dangerous, especially the current "woke" idiots being manipulated by the undermining their personal autonomy in the name of "social justice". [lewrockwell.com] Individualism is not subscribing to collectivist race, gender and sexuality groups but this is what they've been taught. Add in the labeling of liberal democracy and the rule of law as "fascistic" and the idiots think they've a moral cause. They're neo-puritans [patheos.com] and liberals are now cast as infidels.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2020, @10:09PM
Identity politics aren't "woke", bruh. It's just the same old race baiting.
Individualism doesn't mean you have to reject decency and common sense. Individualism does not mean licking boots and flinging poo. How can you even suggest that a government which has been wiping it's ass with the Constitution since it was written has anything to do with the rule of law?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Arik on Saturday June 27 2020, @10:09PM (2 children)
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2020, @11:04PM (1 child)
This is just further proof real communism has not been tried yet.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Arik on Saturday June 27 2020, @11:16PM
The PRC saw that happening, and chose Fascism instead of economic collapse.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?