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Re:Big Tech are supposed to be the plumbers, not patricians ... by umvi on Sunday August 08, 2021 @07:12PM (#28111066)
That was until we collectively decided harm reduction is a greater cause than freedom preservation. Now any and all freedoms we previously had can be temporarily, permanently, or conditionally suspended in the name of harm reduction (saved lives, fewer offended, etc.)
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Re:Big Tech are supposed to be the plumbers, not patricians ... by owisd on Sunday August 08, 2021 @07:33PM (#28111186)
It’s not some recent idea that freedoms need to be balanced against the harm they can cause others. The harm principle has been around at least as long as On Liberty (1859), and it wasn’t really a new idea then.
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