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Free speech destabilizes society. It’s a suitable price to pay, I think. The goal is absolute harmony. Especially at the expense of rights.
by prepend 2y ago
Free speech destabilizes society. It’s a suitable price to pay, I think.
The goal is absolute harmony. Especially at the expense of rights.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoIf western history is the route, many millions die on the road to free speech. Maybe fewer die if it’s more gradual in the transition?
- tirant 2y agoThat might be your goal. But that does not mean it needs to be everyone else’s goals. For me, freedom of speech is part of what brings societies forward, and that includes deep changes which obviously means unstable societies at some point. Humans would be stuck in Stone Age if we would have had only stable societies.
- prepend 2y agoHa, sorry autocorrect changed my “the goal isn’t” to “the goal is.” I agree with you and mistyped. I really need to proof my comments better. I think the goal is not harmony but value and beauty.