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Best of: The necessity — and danger — of free speech
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Social Media and Democracy in the World
In ancient Athens and Rome, free speech and rhetoric were vital to the birth of democracy. But both of those cultures were upended by sophistry and spectacle in the 15th century. The printing press was born and that led to the mass production of books and newspapers. That helped spawn the enlightenment and the democratic revolutions of the 18th century. It also paved the way to catastrophic religious conflicts across the continent in the 19th century. New media technologies can be used for good or bad ends,. There's just no guarantees on which way it will go.
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