[ben_w]

I have an also-unpopular third option:

The graph of freedom of speech versus personal liberty looks like the Laffer curve for government income vs tax rate.

One end is zero for obvious reasons; the other end is also zero because it is a power vacuum, one which e.g. charismatic narcissistic Machiavellian sociopaths exploit it to rise to power and they kick away the free speech ladder after they get it.

[fallingknife]

So are you saying that the current people in charge are the "charismatic narcissistic Machiavellian sociopaths" who exploited the power vacuum that existed with the creation of the internet and are now kicking away the "free speech ladder?"

[ben_w]

Nope. The internet isn’t the origin of the idea of total freedom of speech without any constraints, and such personalities have been whipping nations to commit genocides since before my now-deceased parents were born.