Me, a enjoyer, doing some sedition and insider trading.
Literally nobody on Earth believes in free speech, or ever has. It's a baby-brained nonsense right-wing talking point. Show me a place where there are no laws about what I can't say. Even the US has laws against speech about: sedition, conspiracy, libel, false advertising, threats, child pornography, fraud, perjury, defamation, incitement, insider trading, IP infringement, etc.
Even without considering the law, the US surveillance state and the practical reality of most venues of speech being privately owned and moderated means that free speech cannot really exist in 95%+ of venues where speech takes place. This is a good thing inasmuch as it makes these venues somewhat tolerable to exist in but a bad thing in that the acceptable types of speech is dictated by the bourgeoisie.
Me, a
enjoyer, doing some sedition and insider trading.
Literally nobody on Earth believes in free speech, or ever has. It's a baby-brained nonsense right-wing talking point. Show me a place where there are no laws about what I can't say. Even the US has laws against speech about: sedition, conspiracy, libel, false advertising, threats, child pornography, fraud, perjury, defamation, incitement, insider trading, IP infringement, etc.
Even without considering the law, the US surveillance state and the practical reality of most venues of speech being privately owned and moderated means that free speech cannot really exist in 95%+ of venues where speech takes place. This is a good thing inasmuch as it makes these venues somewhat tolerable to exist in but a bad thing in that the acceptable types of speech is dictated by the bourgeoisie.