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I see the argument against censorship, in principle. > You'd think the truth would be more robust than that. You'd think freedom would extend farther than that

I see the argument against censorship, in principle. > You'd think the truth would be more robust than that. You'd think freedom would extend farther than that. You'd think democracy would be more tolerant of dissent than that. Yeah, I'd think that. I wish it was true, but in practice it's not. > If perhaps we have foolishly consented to a reality where the most powerful people in the world get to control the information people consume in order to shut down dissent against a murderous and oppressive globe-spanning oligarchic empire. We really don't have a choice. The reality is that one side is perfectly fine with using misinformation as a weapon. And it's really effective! What is foolish is to do nothing and hope truth will prevail automagically. What are alternatives to censorship that can be used today?

raxxorrax 5y ago
Do you have any single example in history where this censorship was required?
letsargue 5y ago
there is a difference between censoring dictator-state propaganda and censoring single citizens. On top of that, let's add that official state opinion about something (especially about war enemies), with punishment for different opinions, is typical of totalitarian state. In democracy one would have the statement of the russian dictator publicly commented by joirnalists. Here we have cancellation of statements. And this applies down to single citizens. Are we dropping our rights down the toilet? Anything makes you think this will be limited to russian war? How would you elaborate an informed opinion if everything gets canceled?