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> What's wrong with america-style free speech? The biggest issue might be the false belief that it’s superior to others or that the USA is somehow “more free”
by latexr 5mo ago
> What's wrong with america-style free speech?
The biggest issue might be the false belief that it’s superior to others or that the USA is somehow “more free” than other democracies. That’s propaganda, and has precipitated the erosion of freedoms in the USA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the_United_States#Exclusions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the_Unite...
As just one example of the failures of “america-style free speech”: Defending that corporations making large donations to political candidates is free speech. Talk about an incentive to corruption.
- GJim 5mo ago> As just one example of the failures of “america-style free speech” Here are some more. Frankly, the USA isn't doing very well on free speech lately. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index