It is because what you view as normal is backwards. Free speech is the far from equilibrium state. The normal state is that when you talk shit about the rulers

It is because what you view as normal is backwards. Free speech is the far from equilibrium state. The normal state is that when you talk shit about the rulers, the rulers put you in a cage. We are just returning to equilibrium. The marketplace of ideas is obviously a nonsense concept if you are assuming the best ideas have the most value. That is so obviously not true.