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> "damned if you do, damned if you don't" It's a false dilemma. There's a lesser evil of the two, that the west chose 300 years ago - free speech. We are now j
by buboard 7y ago
> "damned if you do, damned if you don't"
It's a false dilemma. There's a lesser evil of the two, that the west chose 300 years ago - free speech. We are now just rediscovering that wheel the hard way.
- sida 7y agoSo free speech means you allow political ads. Which falls in the “damned if you do” category
- baq 7y agoEffective uncontrolled free speech is basically mind control, which KGB understood ages ago. CIA probably did, too, but the countries they wanted to influence in that way were either allies (not that it matters that much) or didn’t have free speech.
- buboard 7y agoyeah but effective controlled speech is worse
- screye 7y agoYou mean loudest person wins ?