{"id":41718,"date":"2018-12-16T08:01:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41718"},"modified":"2018-12-16T08:01:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:01:34","slug":"deplatforming-paves-the-way-for-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41718","title":{"rendered":"Deplatforming Paves the Way for Cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2018\/12\/16\/deplatforming-paves-the-way-for-cryptocurrency\/\">Deplatforming Paves the Way for Cryptocurrency<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The recent deplatforming of Sargon of Akkad by Patreon has a lot of people very nervous.\u00a0 I became worried we\u2019d get to this state the first time they went after Gab for not allowing their app in the Google or Apple stores.<\/p>\n<p>It became obvious then that we would wind up here today.\u00a0 It starts with saying that certain things are unacceptable based on arbitrary enforcement of Terms of Service and ends with backroom pressure to cut a person off from making money.<\/p>\n<p>Google began demonetizing channels which were politically unpalatable to its senior management.\u00a0 So, a lot of demonetized YouTubers moved to Patreon, asking subscribers to support them directly rather than deal with intrusive ads.<\/p>\n<p>And now Patreon has gotten into the game.\u00a0 But, we always knew that they would.\u00a0 They went after Laura Southern last year.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Jones was simultaneously thrown off every platform and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gab.ai\/\">Gab<\/a> was taken down over a 48-hour period with no warning over having a particular user on its platform.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, that guy shot up a synagogue.\u00a0 That\u2019s not Gab\u2019s problem.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t matter that Twitter still hosts all manner of violent and disgusting content or Facebook hosting sites of terrorist groups.\u00a0 Political opposition to the globalist plan of universal serfdom for us and unchecked power for them was to be snuffed out with extreme prejudice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternatives Rise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alternative platforms needed to be marginalized to blunt their growth.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steemit.com\/\">Steemit<\/a> is in trouble due to poor governance and the crushing of the cryptocurrency markets now that Wall St. can use the futures market to disrupt the actual market.<\/p>\n<p>The truth, however, is that by trying to marginalize these alternative voices and raise their cost of capital for growth all that they\u2019ve done is made them more popular than they likely would have been otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deplatforming Paves the Way for Cryptocurrency The recent deplatforming of Sargon of Akkad by Patreon has a lot of people very nervous.\u00a0 I became worried we\u2019d get to this state the first time they went after Gab for not allowing their app in the Google or Apple stores. 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