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247. Jacob Mchangama on Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

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Do You Need Top Down Laws?

I think that's the fate of same sex marriage. I think people will just quit talking about it. Those that announced against it, except for politicians who ave tor state their positions publicly, i think most people just change their mind quietly. But there are cases where i think you do need some top down laws. You know, would the slavery have ended without a civil war? Or in the case of ending sate in india,. The british colonialists said, you're not going to burn these women on these torches any more. And we're going to send men with te gallows and guns to stop this. That ultimately stopped it. So sometimes you do need maybe

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