> My point is that the issue of free speech does not seem to be related to the probability of having poor governance. And this is coming from a person who was a

> My point is that the issue of free speech does not seem to be related to the probability of having poor governance. And this is coming from a person who was a pretty big believer in free speech being a guarantor of good governance. I think it is rather that: free speech is a check against bad governance.