Doug Casey on Big Tech

Frankly, these Big Tech companies have had their day in the sun.  They’re too big to be managed efficiently.  They’re arrogant and corrupt.  And, I suspect that even though everyone uses them, most people no longer like or trust them. 

There will be either a change in technology or a change in the public mood that will turn them into dinosaurs. I’m not interested in owning their ultra-expensive stock, and not just because I despise them and their editorial takes; they’re stooges for the State. 

The fact is the government still can’t directly censor things. It’s too hard because the First Amendment, at least in name, still exists. But as I said earlier, these media companies work hand in glove with the State. Big Government prefers to work with Big Tech companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and the rest. There’s no law against Big Tech censoring somebody—nor should there be—because they’re a private business. You certainly don’t want to give the government even more power. 

This type of “private” censorship is a clever way to get around the Constitution. The fact is that these companies have become unofficial arms of the government—that’s part of what the “Deep State” is all about. The good news is that this will eventually cause them to cut their own throats. They’ll be superseded by changes in technology and the public mood. Many people—including myself—already deny them support in any way possible.

~ Doug Casey, "Doug Casey on the Real Reason Why the Mainstream Media is Dialing Up the Fear," Doug Casey's International Man, September 8, 2021