The saddest thing about this thread is that it has turned into a nationalist battleground, when I don’t think @anon69871701 intended anything of the sort. Even forum moderators are now taking sides, like @phnx.
I have criticized the interference of sovereign states over others and, even, that a company could reach a size where it can threaten a country with losses in the millions. I don’t care if it’s Italy, Spain, Iran, Morocco, etc. It cannot be that a private company can threaten a country in this way and bankrupt businesses that have nothing to do with the government. But you find it funny, you make memes and you’re amused watching how incompetent politicians from, in this case, Italy make decisions forced by the Italian football broadcasting industry that harm all the people. Because don’t forget, we’re talking about the people, their businesses, not mere politicians.
On the other hand, I find it hilarious to see United Statesians with such nationalist pride. In your country, freedom of expression is the freedom of the press owner and social media platforms. You fought fascism (out of pure self-interest) and now you’ve become them again. You’re the laughingstock of the entire world because you have a culture based on conquest, fentanyl, and guns. You talk about free markets when you have the biggest oligopolies in the world that eliminate competition. When you come to Europe you’re amazed by the fact that people walk on the street, by public healthcare and by the freedom and safety felt on the streets. In the United States you have the highest murder rates per million inhabitants in the entire world, school shootings, poverty rates not expected in a first-world country, etc. And you talk to us about Republic? About constitutions? Please, this is the most ridiculous thread in history.