>You're assuming that the general population is too stupid to be trusted with unfiltered information. I'm saying that bombarding the general population with lo

>You're assuming that the general population is too stupid to be trusted with unfiltered information. I'm saying that bombarding the general population with low-quality, dangerous information from sources that appear authoritative (what the tech giants are suppressing) is a bad idea. People take the information seriously and use it to cause harm to themselves and others. There are a certain group of people that like to fuck around with conceptual arguments for the fun of it, but the public square is not the place for that kind of play. >But theories aren't dangerous. Actions are dangerous. Ideologies absolutely are dangerous. They've started wars, genocides, and cults. When does a theory stop being a theory and become an ideology?