Spotify Made ‘Big Mistake’ With Joe Rogan

I USED TO THINK IT WAS JUST SOCIAL MEDIA THAT DID THE CENSORING. NOW THE AUDIO PLATFORMS GETTING INTO THE ACT. IT IS OUR CULTURE! SOMETIMES IT IS SOCIAL MEDIA, SOMETIMES CORPORATE AMERICA AND PODCASTING. SPOTIFY MADE A MISTAKE. THEY TRY TO DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES. THEY PAID TO BRING SOMEONE LIKE JOE ROGAN IN AN EXCLUSIVE WAY.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WE PRIZE DIVERSITY OF VIEWPOINTS. I SAY THIS IS SOMEONE WHO DISAGREES WITH JOE ROGAN ON A LOT OF ISSUES. I CONTEMPLATE HE SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO SAY IT.

WHAT HE DIDN'T FORESEE IS THE WAY PRIVATE COMPANIES AND CULTURE COULD BE MORE CULTURALLY TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT ITSELF WAS THAT THE MOMENT WE LIVE IN BUT THE OPPORTUNITY SPOTIFY MISSED IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO PRIZE FREE-SPEECH AND OPEN DEBATE.

IF YOU WANT THE MAINSTREAM VIEW ON COVID READ THE NEW YORK TIMES, WATCH CABLE TELEVISION BUT IF YOU WANT AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE THIS IS A PLACE TO GET IT AND THE NEW CULTURE BOOKS TO SILENCE DISSENT AND SPOTIFY COULD DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES BUT THEY DIDN'T. SEEMS TO ME BIG TECH IS TRYING TO PUT US ALL IN AN INTELLECTUAL STRAITJACKET. DO YOU SEE IT THAT WAY? THIS IS WHAT GEORGE ORWELL WORRIED ABOUT IN THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT POLICY CONSTRAINING FREE-SPEECH.

I DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAY BUT IF I HAVE A PODCAST PLATFORM PART OF THAT IS TO GIVE VOICES TO PEOPLE I DISAGREE WITH. THEY ARE FED UP WITH CENSORSHIP. A BATCH OF COMPANIES HAS TO LOOK AT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES WHO WILL REVOLT, IF THAT COMPANY PUTS OUT MATERIAL THEY DON'T LIKE. THEY GET ATTACKED FROM WITHIN. IF YOU WORK ON A PODCASTING PLATFORM AND SAY I DON'T LIKE WHAT SOMEBODY SAID, I WOULD SAY EXPRESS YOURSELF AND GET BACK TO CREATING VALUE FOR THE COMPANY. AND IF NOT, YOU SHOULD NOT BE WORKING AT A PODCASTING COMPANY BUT A POLITICAL PARTY.

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