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Maybe it shouldn't be: "... a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression, since, though not usually upheld by such extreme penaltie
by base698 10y ago
Maybe it shouldn't be:
"... a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression, since, though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties, it leaves fewer means of escape, penetrating much more deeply into the details of life, and enslaving the soul itself."
--John Stuart Mill
- phil21 10y agoPretty much exactly this. If you don't have a practical right to exercise free speech, you effectively have lost the right in it's entirety.