[kiitos]

Yeah, but we course-corrected on those mistakes. That's how civil society works. We (necessarily) delegate trust and authority to higher-order abstract entities (i.e. the state) and make sure we have ways to influence how they behave (i.e. elections).

[spacebanana7]

Eventually we course corrected, but illiberal government oppression of legitimate viewpoints delayed it. See the British government’s crackdowns on Trade Unions in the nineteenth century, for instance.