Great read, thank you for sharing.

Large if accurate

I don’t want any followers or believers. Calling it as I see it. That is all.

Not to worry, you’re simply confusing freedom of speech with obliging private actors to consume content they don’t want to consume or disagree with. The first is a fundemental principle of democratic legal systems and recognized as a perempotry norm under international law. The second is authoritarianism.

There’s a growing number of legally illiterate people who think freedom of speech is absolute and even affords one the right to oblige others consume their speech through the government. That is fundamentally wrong and a complete misunderstanding of how these key principles of freedom work and have always worked in modern democratic systems.

Newsflash - freedom of speech is not absolute. Never has been. There are very specific, explicitly codified limitations. Why? Because words are the most powerful weapons and can be used to target and threaten the freedoms of other people, including their freedom to life. Which is why rights and obligations are always balanced against each other, following the principle of proportionality.

If you feel so strongly about not being able force others to consume content they don’t want to consume, then I have bad news for you - you are opposing democracy. But it seems like you, and many other like you, are just confused, rather than actively promoting anti-democratic standpoints. The truly sad part? The impact is the same regardless of intent.

Edit: Want to know more? Details at 6.

Yo, did they change the photo? I’m only seeing it in the thembnail

It was decided in 48BC with Ceaser vs Pompey

Just because things didn’t go as bad as they could have doesn’t mean there aren’t problems, such as with the cost of living. But perhaps more importantly - reality and perceptions can diverge a lot.

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven…

And this is particularly true in the digital era. People live in the same material reality but in seperate, parallel realities in their heads. In the digital age, white became black for many, and vice versa.

Rightists used to say “facts don’t care about your feelings”. They had it mixed up - its our feelings that don’t care about facts. Our perceived realities are not based on facts, regardless of how rational and self-important we (humans) think we are. They’re based on feelings and complexes.

Nah, everyone knows influencers don’t get paid to promote stuff. They raise awareness to pressing social issues out of the goodness in their heart.

In reality, the Biden administration was able to curb inflation significantly, which had a positive effects not just for people in the US.

We should also keep in mind that so many economic factors and developments happen regardless of who is in power.