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Democracy cannot survive unless we find a way to ensure we know when are listening to the people that are part of our demos and NOT people that are outside of i
by ycombigators 1y ago
Democracy cannot survive unless we find a way to ensure we know when are listening to the people that are part of our demos and NOT people that are outside of it, actively trying to destroy it.
We had freedom of speech in the west before the Internet. That speech was not anonymous.
- isaacremuant 1y agoHahaha. Fuck off with the "it's the enemy bullshit". You'll call people "russians" if they don't agree with your jingoism. You'll try and get people against wars fired. Post your name right now. Real name and address. If that's what you want, right?
- ycombigators 1y agoYou didn't address my point. Which is unsurprising.
- isaacremuant 1y agoI did. Your point puts national security of a boogeyman us vs them as paramount. Your point gives the authoritian the ability to use "the red scare" as tactic to ensure no subversives appear. No one to challenge their power. We must monitor all to find "the infiltrated enemy". Your bullshit is not new. It's been done all throughout history and it's always just an excuse to suppress threats to individual power. Political parties are proscribed because "they're working for foreign actors and we deem them to be treasonous".
- ycombigators 1y agoSubversives... ... you mean late night comedians I'm guessing?