In america, there are libel laws. Although you have to prove damage. And also laws about false, false advertising by companies promising things that are not truet could harm people. So why would you undermine the culture that sustains free speech by not b cancelling some one because they said something more or less outrageous twitter ad? i think it's very dangerous if you have libel laws that ar that allow the rich and the failess of the powerful to debasically shut up ordinary people when they see something at they don't like. You know, our morals evolve. And maybe in 20 years, looking back, some of the things that you complain about will say, wo you ware
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.