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Maybe it is because we are literally fucking watching mass misinformation and delusion spread by nefarious actors lead to mobs trying to prevent the legitimate
by evgen 6y ago
Maybe it is because we are literally fucking watching mass misinformation and delusion spread by nefarious actors lead to mobs trying to prevent the legitimate and peaceful transfer of power in a nation armed with nuclear weapons. The nostalgic claims that good information will chase out bad and that sunlight is the best disinfectant to treat misinformation have been shown to be complete bullshit. The free speech maximalists were wrong and we have demonstrable proof that continuing to listen to them will lead to the downfall of civilization.
At this point we know with absolute certainty that a lack of censorship (either direct or self-censorship due to societal costs) leads to a very, very dark place. Time to start exploring other options.
- greatgib 6y agoI'm sorry but your statements are completely ridiculous and based on nothing. The problem your are seeing in the us is not really due to misinformation being available, but to the country on its way to Idiocracy. The issue is the real lack of intelligence. A long tradition of corrupt leaders have pushed for the suppression of critical thinking in the population as it is way more convenient to control the population. Trump leds to having people acting like that because everything now is about reacting and not thinking anymore. Imagine one second that Google leaders were friends with Trump that would protect their interest. Which truth would be enforcing? Look at the situation in China? Look at Russia that poison its opponents but decide that the state truth is that it is a 'fake news'. Read farhenheit 451 and 1984 and you will understand!
- bumbada 6y agoCensorship is not the solution, totalitarian Governments come from censorship. They are never good. With free speech, it should come responsibility. You should be responsible for your speech, if it is false, and pay for it in a Court, but you should not be censored. The problem is that the same people that accuse Trump of spreading misinformation with no proofs are the same that cheered on the New York Times and WP accusing Trump of being a Putin puppet with no profs whatsoever over years because they wanted to prevent the "legitimate transfer of power" as you say. If what you say is false, you should pay for it, including Trump, but you should have the right to say it.
- kortilla 6y ago>The free speech maximalists were wrong and we have demonstrable proof that continuing to listen to them will lead to the downfall of civilization. What proof? There is still less war and conflict today than the last couple of centuries.
- evgen 6y agoAd hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacies are rather pathetic. Try providing proof that expanded free speech is what led to this drop in war and conflict. I could just as easily claim that the growth of international franchised food and beverage chains is what has led to the overall drop in nation-state conflict.
- kortilla 6y agoI’m not the one who say “demonstrable proof”.