Reddit is a community of millions, and I can no longer talk there because they do not like my politics. It is not illegal to do this, I agree entirely. This is not a violation of the constitution. I am not even an American.

But it is a violation of my ability to speak freely, inflicted by a billionaire because he is politically allied with Israel.

The places we treat like public agoras in the modern day are controlled by private citizens, based entirely on their wealth. Zuck, spez, Ellison, Musk, and a few more; these handful of white men control who is allowed to interact in the defacto public arenas of the internet.

Sure, I can come here, and this is exactly why Lemmy and all the other forums of the Fediverse were made. I hope this gets big.

But right now, what opinions and ideas the vast majority of people are exposed to are quietly being limited, so quietly they mostly don’t know.

Is that good? Should I shrug and say “Oh well, it’s a billionaire, not the government, so it’s okay that they have all this power.”?