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Originally Posted by LaurelRusswurm
Perhaps I don't understand capitalism. But then I grew up in a world where "the customer is always right" and governments actually made an attempt to keep corporations from screwing their citizens. Of course, in those days, there were civil rights protecting citizens from government abuses too.  |
It comes down to this, in America at least, the government is severely limited with regards to censorship. Any ground given on that point is very dangerous and most times fought pretty heavily.
However any private business can censor what they sell at will. The food store does not have to sell brand x of food stuff y if it does not want to. They sell what ever they feel is best in line with the business they want to conduct.
So Smash has a choice here, they can sell or not sell erotica. Pay Pal has a choice they can support the sale of , or not support the sale of erotica. That is their call, and not anyone else. Since they are partners in this endeavor, they have to come to an agreement between themselves and Smash has decided that having PayPal is a bigger benefit to their business then having the stuff PayPal does not want to support. That is their right and I have no issue with that because its the private companies deciding their own destiny.
Now, in a capitalistic system, the buyer gets to vote on this with their dollar. If you do not like this agreement that Smash and PayPal have, then do not do business with them. Under the American version of capitalism the government only gets involved when the corporation is perceived to be to powerful for the consumer to control with with their purchase decisions.
Hopefully that helps clear things up.