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Let's talk about the root of the disagreement. There are two "models" of reality, that explain the two viewpoints on this. One, I'd call it the libertarian mod
by zug_zug 6y ago
Let's talk about the root of the disagreement. There are two "models" of reality, that explain the two viewpoints on this.
One, I'd call it the libertarian model, is that people are rational, more information is always good, videos only contain information, and that all information should be available to everybody.
The other, let's call it the fascist model, is that people are not rational, people can easily be emotionally manipulated en-masse (e.g. Hitler), masses of emotionally manipulated people are a risk to democracy, and therefore any functional system requires punishing and suppressing misinformation.
People in the first came make a bunch of meaningless comments "This is censorship and encroaching on my rights!" and the second camp says "Boy we're lucky, and it's crazy how much of the US didn't understand Trump lost. Yikes." Neither comment convinces anybody.
The only way to move people over, would be to present evidence that the libertarian model is true, or the fascist model is true. Everything besides evidence is mere drum-beating.
- whiddershins 6y agoI don’t think the libertarian model requires people to be rational, it rather give people the room to develop their rationality ... to be adults exercising choice, which includes sometimes being biased or just wrong.