I agree that deplatforming will most likely be targeted, as that has echoed to real life already.

However, what form this will take is difficult to say. There's still strong sentiment that this has a place, especially in the case of lies.

Lies in public aren't a crime

I agree that people should be smarter, but we can't rely on that

Also the regulations are apparently comming from Trump. But we will see

In anycase this is probably the last time they will be able to pull this without serious legal repercussions.

He will likely try using either trust-busting or executive orders, but neither will be the end solution.

The regulations will need to go through congress, or worse through constitutional convention. Either way the regulations are the repurcussions.

But there will be no way for them to be one sided in the future

We are at the endgame. If we are lucky, we can win congress before they solidify.

True

I wouldn't say its endgame

They are playing like it is

But it isnt

I feel they got anxious and wasyed a trump card

This would be far more devastating closer to elections or if they saved it for 2020 or 2024

They are impatient and sloppy

It's certainly the end of the wild west online. And you are correct in that they misplayed.

Still cant underestimate them

I would say true endgame was this last election

But it's only the beginning of the end. Time to bring it home, and secure this advantage. Win the meme war -> win the war

They were meant to win and Trump fucked it all up

Now they are desperately trying to get it on track when that game has been lost

The true endgame doesn't exist in the ballot box, but rather in the future we leave.

They blundered hard, and we have taken full advantage. Now they are on the back peddle.

What I mean is that there is no meaningful victory to be had here by doubling down

Yet they continue to double down rather than consolidate and save for a hard victory

True. They have been slow to realize their errors or the fallout.

This was a very bad time to try a trump card. Had they saved it for 2020, and a better target, they would have had greater effect.

That and they could have had their shot at dictating where the regulations go

True, by playing it how they did, they have all but handed us the opportunity to take congress, and from there dictate the new rules.

They also gave us a potent boogie man to point to in the coming elections

Yes, I feel like this might spark a new "red scare" so to speak. If we play the card they gave us well, we can replay it for the 2020 and possibly 2024 elections.

That is in addition to trying to push for voter id to keep Russia from meddling too

Thats a win win

If they are against it they are for Russia if they are for it they are against their illegal voter base.

They could always say you need a federal voter ID to vote in presidential elections to jump over state sovereignty.

Yeah, the voter id isn't really as impactful imo. No one really thinks ID will change the game due to gerrymandering and early voting. Still a good way to knock dems for hypocrisy tho.

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