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In contemporary society, it seems that the kind of free speech we have seems only to lead to greater stupidity by helping bad ideas propagate.
> People who think unmoderated online platforms are equivalent to a flourishing state of nature have not really thought one or two steps ahead.
They don't look two steps behind either. All their historical analogies, for example, are sophomoric crap.
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In contemporary society, it seems that the kind of free speech we have seems only to lead to greater stupidity by helping bad ideas propagate.
> People who think unmoderated online platforms are equivalent to a flourishing state of nature have not really thought one or two steps ahead.
They don't look two steps behind either. All their historical analogies, for example, are sophomoric crap.