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The media is the fourth branch of government. It is wildly considered to be essential for a healthy democracy. You don’t want to have it controlled (for many pe
by NLPaep 4y ago
The media is the fourth branch of government. It is wildly considered to be essential for a healthy democracy. You don’t want to have it controlled (for many people) by an untrustworthy and adversarial party, especially when they have a long track record of censorship and are trying to extend their own influence and rules globally.
We can still say and post what we want - it’s not content that’s being censored.
- symlinkk 4y agoHow about I choose for myself what I want to read? Why do you think you know better than me?
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- saurik 4y agoIsn't this exactly what China says about us? (And no: I don't believe them... but that frankly isn't the point. We normally get to dislike their position on indirect philosophical grounds--that people should get to see and do whatever they want and if freedom is dangerous to you then you are the aggressor--irregardless of whether they are "correct", and so we lose the moral high ground and will have to sit around in a direct mud-slinging argument if we try to use the same kind of "for the good of the people we must all lose our freedom" argument.)