The efforts of tech giants to expel US President Donald Trump from social networks are perceived by some as a victory, however, if the state is run by corporations, and politicians play only a nominal role, this is tantamount to the very fascism that these companies seem to resist.
Since Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election was announced in November, it has become difficult to ignore the palpable complacency with which Facebook, Twitter and Google are literally beating themselves in the chest.
With tight control over the political agenda and brutal suppression of any authoritative dissenting voices, these incredibly wealthy companies and their partners in the influential media were able to safely get rid of the last remnants of the American democratic process.
In short, they have reason to rejoice, because they were able to pull off the first coup d'etat through the media, the first in US history.
And even better - for them at least - because they secured the victory for the "right" candidate, this time they won't have to deal with any far-fetched accusations of collusion with Russia.
Indeed, not just anyone, but the US Department of Homeland Security itself, declared the last presidential election to be the most reliable in the history of the country, which sounds quite perplexing, since the same officials have been talking for months about foreign influence, because of which democracy seems to hang in the balance. ...
The endlessly feigned horror that followed Wednesday's march to the Capitol will almost certainly translate into new restrictions on free speech on the Internet, and, according to many observers, this is exactly what the tech giants and big brother are trying to achieve.
No one explains why there were almost no guards during the protests in the Capitol, despite the fact that Trump for several weeks urged his supporters to come out on that day to spontaneous, "wild" demonstrations.
It is also unclear why [Washington] Mayor Muriel Bowser took so long before sending the police and military to clean up the mess.
Apparently, everything was deliberately arranged so that a catastrophe happened - this is exactly the picture that cunning big business and tech giants need to scare people and make them believe in the approach of an alleged full-scale riot.
The only real surprise was that no more people died on Wednesday.
But then the media stepped in with overly detailed descriptions and photographs of the most luridly dressed protesters.
Facebook, Twitter and Google are distracting the public, blaming the omnipresent “radicalized internal extremists” for the five deaths, and banning more and more issues so as not to be harmed by the complete repeal of their indemnity section 230 [1996 "On observance of decency in the field of communications"] and continue to feed the country with propaganda.
And it doesn't matter that nowhere are there any supporters of white supremacy, Nazis and other undesirable personalities who should seem to be at the forefront of Trump's supporters, because you can always add a swastika in Photoshop for the post - or even a whole dozen.
Ultimately, this rhetoric is at odds with the real state of affairs just enough to have the effect of making social networks guilty and tricking the common American into supporting further attacks on his rights under the First Amendment [to the US Constitution].
The moral of this whole story becomes: "Unplug your head before someone gets hurt."
What if relations deteriorate and politicians want to regain power?
Tech giants can easily dodge any legislative attempts to encroach on their monopoly by simply threatening to divulge the secrets of dozens of government agencies that keep their data in the cloud.
Companies like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Google hold the remnants of America's "democracy" firmly in one place, and if a brave politician tries to undermine their comfortable relationship, he will almost certainly regret it.
Just one awkward "leak" is enough to turn public opinion against any savior Luddite trying to remove the tech giant's boot from the neck of the American people.
These companies control the media so competently that a "scandal" can be fabricated and launched into the digital space literally in a matter of hours.
Such a retaliatory measure will kill two birds with one stone: it will destroy the career of this fighter for political justice and remind other potential advocates not to engage in stupid things like trying to protect your own country from megacorporations holding it hostage.
By taking away from Trump even the ability to post on Twitter, Facebook and the streaming platform Twitch, tech giants are making it clear that they are no longer satisfied with the role of mere monopolists in one of the few industries still lucrative in the US.
They will not stop concentrating power in their hands until they take the political helm at all levels - from the presidential elections to elections in the most provincial towns.
The riots on Wednesday paved the way for the meticulously orchestrated spectacle played by tech CEOs and politicians dancing to their tune to the next level.
The blocking of Trump's accounts on a number of platforms is just the beginning of a megalomaniac-inspired crusade against all those who dare to challenge rule through algorithms, led by algorithms and in the name of algorithms.
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