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Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by jv22222 on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:07AM (#23065038)
Related: Gresham's law as a mental model - Bad drive out good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham%27s_law

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Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by jdsully on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:19PM (#23074042)
That is related to currency and none of its backing arguments have any applicability to speech. Using it in this matter is highly misleading, and could be cited as a form of misinformation.
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Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by jv22222 on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:42PM (#23074693)
https://fs.blog/2009/12/mental-model-greshams-law/

> The outcome described by Aristophanes is common in competing human groups or organizations: When bad behavior has taken root, and that bad behavior has a “survival advantage” against good behavior, it becomes difficult, and occasionally impossible, to drive out the bad behavior; a process akin to natural selection.

This is the mental model reference I was thinking about when posting.

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