> Also remember that, at its core, Government IS society. What if people voted in representatives that made a law forcing Facebook to squash these groups?
Actually, govt is only the part of society that involves the "legitimate" use of force.
If I won't buy your potatoes, you're free to sell them to someone else. If govt says that you can't sell your potatoes, you're stuck.
> it's universally discredited because we make a point of presenting the facts to our children in history classes around the country.
Because we PAY people to present a certain set of facts. We can, and do, pay people to present non-facts or to ignore certain facts.
> The bottom line is there's no need for censorship.
You don't know much about people.
People need to have other people legitimize their beliefs and to strike down sinners.
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> Also remember that, at its core, Government IS society. What if people voted in representatives that made a law forcing Facebook to squash these groups?
Actually, govt is only the part of society that involves the "legitimate" use of force.
If I won't buy your potatoes, you're free to sell them to someone else. If govt says that you can't sell your potatoes, you're stuck.
> it's universally discredited because we make a point of presenting the facts to our children in history classes around the country.
Because we PAY people to present a certain set of facts. We can, and do, pay people to present non-facts or to ignore certain facts.
> The bottom line is there's no need for censorship.
You don't know much about people.
People need to have other people legitimize their beliefs and to strike down sinners.
That may be wrong, but that's how monkeys roll.