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Maybe they're not grayed out because people are socialists, but because socialism has no relevance here, therefore any use of the word is just flamebait. Have you considered that?

But maybe I'm wrong. You can convince me otherwise if Venezuela's current government has in it's lifetime attempted to put the means of production under control of the working class, and if they have, how it has led to this current crisis.

If deaths caused by leaders purporting to advance communist ideals can be attributed to communism, then how many have died at the hands of those purporting to advance capitalist ideals? Would it be reasonable to attribute these deaths to capitalism as well? I really don't these type of conclusions are a positive contribution to economic discourse.

but kickass is huge. It has to be making a lot of money.

That seems like a pretty fallacious leap to me. It may have a lot of users, but all those users add expense, and most of them are savvy enough to use an ad-blocker.

Quite frankly, thousands of users does not a millionaire make. I'm sure we'll see more details in the upcoming suit though.

That is simply not true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country

Even China's constitution says "Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration."

Of course, that doesn't apply in practice, but that is my point. Just having an article in the constitution granting you a right does not guarantee that right in practice.