Re:Jack Ma fell to earth and took Ant's mega IPO with him
by barumi on Friday November 06, 2020 @02:41PM
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> Replace “doesn’t make sense” with “isn’t competitive.”
Is your correction supposed to be an improvement? I mean, the statement "If exceptionalism is a fiction, freedom of speech isn't competitive" makes even less sense. It makes no sense at all to talk about freedom of speech incurring a cost. There is absolutely zero cost in not persecuting anyone for having a different opinion.
Re:Jack Ma fell to earth and took Ant's mega IPO with him
by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 06, 2020 @04:50PM
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> There is absolutely zero cost in not persecuting anyone for having a different opinion
Of course there is. If anti-vax and anti-mask advocates could be silenced by the state, public health would improve in the short term.
Freedom of speech is effortful to maintain. It takes effort and self control for a society to tolerate opposing views within itself. Forgetting this risks the freedom itself.
Replace “doesn’t make sense” with “isn’t competitive.” If exceptionalism is a mirage, freedom of speech incurs a cost on a country for no gain. Ceteris paribus others without that drag will have an advantage.