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Upvoted for realism, but I want to respond to this: > It's like how we're both capable of pitching Tor as the emancipator of the sanctioned journalist trying t
by exolymph 8y ago
Upvoted for realism, but I want to respond to this:
> It's like how we're both capable of pitching Tor as the emancipator of the sanctioned journalist trying to publish the truth in the face of mortal danger. Yet 99% of Tor traffic to my websites is malicious despite our feel-good hypotheticals.
Of course. That's the reality of freedom on the radical edges — bad actors need it more than pro-social actors. Many of us choose to support radical freedom(s) anyway because the capacity for anyone to act* freely is judged to outweigh the negative effects from bad actors.
*browse, post, etc.
- dragonwriter 8y agoPhrased a different way, the argument is that the benefit of the freedom for those incorrectly assessed to be bad actors outweighs the cost of the freedom for those correctly judged to be bad actors.
- exolymph 8y agoYes, well-put.