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by jonhohle 29 days ago
The idea that free access to all information should be available to all people is absolutism. I agree that’s daft.

At least I gave some options.

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People have different value systems, and some topics put those in opposition. That is why this debate is so immovable.

No, i don't want kids exposed to snuff and porn and cognitohazards. But be fair: the middle ages was not an extinction event, despite public hangings, single-room family dwellings, and satanic panic.

No, i don't want a sanitised internet. But the internet today is mostly moats and trackers; anarchy lost. Techno-libertarianism needs to understand itself as a counter-culture and find or build a new space for itself, because nobody normal gives a shit if they get bulldozed.