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
Hailed as the “first freedom,” free speech is the bedrock of democracy, and it is subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat.
In this episode, based on the book Free Speech, Michael Shermer and Jacob Mchangama discuss the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of the principle, how much we have gained from it, and how much we stand to lose without it. Mchangama reveals how the free exchange of ideas underlies all intellectual achievement and has enabled the advancement of both freedom and equality worldwide. Yet the desire to restrict speech, too, is a constant.