> What is new is that even democratic countries are controlling free speech via speech laws Yes, I think this is much worse. We don't expect anything better fr

> What is new is that even democratic countries are controlling free speech via speech laws Yes, I think this is much worse. We don't expect anything better from the North Korea, Iran, Russia etc. We have intrinsically higher standards regarding our western, liberal democracies. And now we, the citizens of said states, are the slowly boiled frogs.