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Who 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
by andresp 6y ago
Who 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!