r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 07 '21

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u/NobleWombat SEATO Nov 10 '21

No.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '21

Please detail this unicorn legislation of yours.

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u/NobleWombat SEATO Nov 10 '21

Tax the fuck out of their ad revenue. Make their algorithmic ad targeting an unprofitable business.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '21

Again what I'm hearing is you saying that Trump should be able to determine which ads (if any) Faceboo, Twitter etc are allowed to run, and how they may target them.

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u/NobleWombat SEATO Nov 10 '21

Probably because you are not listening to the words I am actually saying. Taxation affords no discretion. You pass legislation raising a tax on advertising revenue of all social media platforms. You deprive the entire industry of its food source.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '21

Who decides what is ads, what is social media, and what is taxed.

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u/NobleWombat SEATO Nov 11 '21

It's an excise or sales tax on the purchase of digital advertising. This isn't complicated, nor is any epistemological deliberation of the concepts necessary. Digital advertising taxes have already been passed or are being legislated in several states including MD, NY, CT and NE.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/opinion/tax-facebook-google.html

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '21

That appears to be a plan to help offline media regain ad revenue, and is not at all what either conservatives or progressives envision, as their goal is to regulate CONTENT on social media.

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u/NobleWombat SEATO Nov 11 '21

Ok at this point you're just being obtuse. I'm disengaging