I oppose Youtube's ability to single-handedly block content, for the same reason that I oppose the War On Drugs: it can't be won by fighting on the supply side.

I oppose Youtube's ability to single-handedly block content, for the same reason that I oppose the War On Drugs: it can't be won by fighting on the supply side. The war on misinformation has many parallels in this respect, not least because someone will always be ready and waiting to supply it, as long as the demand is there. In this case, fighting the demand means teaching people basic critical thinking skills, how to spot logical fallacies, and methods of counter-acting propaganda and other forms of mass manipulation. Critical thinking is given short shrift, at least in American classrooms, and arming students with this kind of information would help them make more well-informed civic choices.