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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If people vote for their own chains in a free and democratic society, they deserve to get what they want.

They aren't only voting for their own fate but for the fate of everyone else. So 51% can doom everyone. That hardly seems fair.

But I still fundamentally believe that any and all forms of censorship are the wrong way to go and will only accelerate the decline into totalitarianism.

This always ignores how very dangerous uncensored words can be. Hitler is famous for his speeches and not for his military brilliance! So is Mussolini. They both abused lenient and weak democratic systems to talk their way into power resulting in the literal Holocaust and one of the most devestating war the world has ever seen.