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There’s a credible case to be made that freedom of speech has allowed the US to prosper.
by lookdangerous 6y ago
There’s a credible case to be made that freedom of speech has allowed the US to prosper.
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- jonny_eh 6y agoThere's a credible case it's just a happy coincidence. The large single economy with, until recently, open immigration policy were possibly bigger factors.
- andresp 6y agoWho cares if it allowed the US to prosper? Freedom of speech is not about economic output but a value system. This utilitarian moral relativism might make sense in China but it is not part of modern Western culture. It was a civilisational conquest and a difficult one to obtain.
- lookdangerous 6y agoValues are useful. I don’t mean economic prosperity, I mean that our value system has largely worked.
- quantum_magpie 6y agoWhat value system? You still have legal slavery!
- krageon 6y agoThe US has prospered in war. It is in fact still basically prospering through war.