E62: Liberating the Censored and Stopping the Assault on Free Speech

Are you sick and tired of the political and social bias on today’s social media platforms? Even better yet, have you been banned from one or all of the big social media platforms for expressing your opinion? Did you know there is an alternative? Today I talk with the co-creator of Parler, John Matze. Parler is a competitor to Twitter but has been called the social media platform for racists, sexist and conspiracy theory pushers… do these criticisms have any merit? Or, is it more of the far-left media and activists attacking freedom of speech, which they disagree with? Today we find out! John Matze, CEO of Parler. John is a computer scientist and an expert iOS developer. He is an experienced software consultant, who developed and managed mobile applications and products for startup companies around the United States. John has worked for Alere Medical, General Atomics, and Amazon Web Services on a variety of products ranging from the hellfire missile deployment system on Predator-B to cloud storage infrastructure software handling millions of requests a second. Parler was founded by John Matze and Jared Thomson in Henderson, Nevada in 2018. Matze is the company's chief executive officer and Thomson serves as the chief technology officer. Both Matze and Thomson are alumni of the University of Denver computer science program, and some other Parler senior staff also attended the school. Topics Discussed with John Matze: A bit about JohnHow did the concept of Parler come to beWhy is social media so toxic todayHow the media categorizes everything it doesn’t believe in as right-wing and racistShould the big social media companies be regulated by the federal governmentThe philosophy of Parler and how freedom is at the center of its messageDo Ivy league schools really teach you anythingHow you can run an ethical company and make money at the same timeHow hard work trumps allDoes voting even matter anymoreUsing social media as a tool and not a place to yell at people you don’t know Resources and links: Signup for Parler: parler.comBelong to The Simple Life Insider’s Circle: http://www.thesimplelifenow.com/betterlifeCREDIT: Episode art background image photo by Brian Wangenheim