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And when that doesn’t work because either political or profit-driven mudslingers undermine it at every turn?

Again, please don’t interpret this as “we need censorship”, that’s not what I’m getting at.

The notional “marketplace of ideas” is clearly not functioning in the presence of a lot of people who are not interested in whether their ideas stand up or not, and a whole boatload of motivated mudslingers. I don’t know a good answer, but “present your arguments better and hope” doesn’t seem to be one.