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The belief that money is 'speech' is a modern form of collective delusion - like the children's crusades back in the Dark Ages. Later generations will look at
by Florin_Andrei 12y ago
The belief that money is 'speech' is a modern form of collective delusion - like the children's crusades back in the Dark Ages.
Later generations will look at it and will go "how was that even possible?"
- yummyfajitas 12y agoYou have freedom of the press. You just can't spend money on ink or paper. If I didn't hear this so often in real life, I'd think it was a bad line in a cheesy dystopian movie.
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- deciplex 12y agoI actually don't have a problem with newspapers printing whatever the hell they want. However I do have a problem with it, when it's broadcast television or radio which is explicitly (and necessarily) a government-mandated monopoly, and to a lesser extent cable television which is in most cases an effective monopoly due to various stupid policies at the federal, state, and municipal levels of government. Assuming we eventually shitcan net-neutrality, I will have the same reservations there, as well. Basically, as long as there is no physical limit to the number of voices that can be heard (as with broadcast television), and the barriers to entry are reasonably low (unlike with cable television, and possibly internet in the near future), then absolute freedom of speech works very well. Otherwise, all you're left with is propaganda under cover of freedom of speech, and it fucking sucks.