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It might not be a bad idea to to set up media ownership rules that exclude entities that are based-in or controlled by non-democratic regimes.
by tivert 8y ago
It might not be a bad idea to to set up media ownership rules that exclude entities that are based-in or controlled by non-democratic regimes.
- ian0 8y agoI think thats pretty common practice - Though if your outside the US you may have to swap "non-democratic" with whatever term is locally used to drum up opposition against another country. Eg "foriegn agents" [1]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-media-restrictions/russias-putin-signs-foreign-agents-media-law-idUSKBN1DP0I2 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-media-restrict...
- boomskats 8y agoIgnoring the oversimplification aspect for a moment, would that not be quite ironic from a philosophical standpoint?
- flatline 8y agoIt's a well-known paradox [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- deogeo 8y agoAccording to that 'paradox', tolerant societies could never evolve from intolerant ones.
- hannasanarion 8y agoThat is a complete non-sequitur. Free societies need to oppose those who would destroy their freedoms. How does that have any bearing whatsoever on whether free societies can be established?
- deogeo 8y ago> need to oppose those who would destroy their freedoms Of course no-one can argue against it if you re-state it like that. But the paradox goes much further: "Popper asserted that to allow freedom of speech to those who would use it to eliminate the very principle upon which they rely is paradoxical."
- hannasanarion 8y agoAnd this means that free society cannot be established because....?
- deogeo 8y agoTolerant, not free. The terms are not interchangeable. The paradox implies it because if the ideas of tolerance are so fragile, that even in a majority tolerant society, intolerant ideas present such a threat as to consider sacrificing even free speech, then how could they have ever come to dominate in the first place?
- nopriorarrests 8y agoWill this disqualify Softbank Vision Fund, which is partially funded by Saudi Arabia?
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