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by shaftoe 1009 days ago
Mild is subjective. Truth isn't determined by a majority.

Tyranny is on a dimmer switch.

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> Truth isn't determined by a majority.

It's not about truth. It's about stability, safety. How do you keep a bunch of pretty hard-core fascist propagandists from stirring up the people without any repercussion? A government needs control, or it loses its legitimacy. I think that's at least implied in the main text of the constitution.

> How do you keep a bunch of pretty hard-core fascist propagandists from stirring up the people without any repercussion?

A million Iraqis probably have the same question.

Preserving the ability of the public to organize and publish freely is probably one of the foundational elements of the solution to keeping a populace from getting so hijacked. The problem is that the incumbent state and military fits your description much better and more often than any upstart group.