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2.8 million Americans die every year, so other risks, that are causing the rest of the deaths, have to be weighed as well. Far more than 200,000 people can die
by CryptoPunk 6y ago
2.8 million Americans die every year, so other risks, that are causing the rest of the deaths, have to be weighed as well.
Far more than 200,000 people can die in one year if we set up an apparatus of censorship, as these tools could always be commandeered by corrupt individuals and used to horrific effect.
Look at autocratic societies around the world, and see what giving any group, no matter how seemingly altruistic and enlightened, the power to censor, can lead to.
Once the social taboo against violating the right to free speech is broken, dystopia becomes a possibility, as it becomes possible for voices to be silenced and concentrations of power to magnify their control through constricting the flow of critical information.
- uniqueid 6y agoOnce the social taboo against violating the right to free speech is broken, dystopia becomes a possibility I keep this bookmarked to save time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...
- CryptoPunk 6y agoThe types of limits on free speech being proposed here go far beyond the traditional limits imposed in the Anglo sphere on speech. The types of censorship proposed in the article deal with expressing beliefs pertaining to highly complex and contentious social issues about which powerful special interests seek to shape the public's perceptions about. Once this class of speech becomes acceptable to subject to censorship, politics becomes a much more dangerous, winner-takes-all game.