What you said makes a lot of sense. I agree that media is a great tool for opinion control. When you call this a dichotomy between free speech and order, I fee

What you said makes a lot of sense. I agree that media is a great tool for opinion control. When you call this a dichotomy between free speech and order, I feel like you're downplaying just how important that "order" can be. Consider Latvia, a minuscule ex soviet republic with a significant Russian speaking demographic: for them it's very visceraly about national security (as in preventing another 2016 Crimea from happening), as opposed to public order, corporate interests or whatever. I grew up in the Soviet bloc. What's at play in the information space there is different than, say, in the US: the most geopolitically secure country (country slash continent) on Earth. I feel like the argument you're making would be much easier to make in the US. Edit: by the way, I'd call a teacher an agent of authority, not state.