In this thread we post our most :LIB: takes, and discuss whether that is the logical end point on a given topic or whether we need to lose that last bit of liberalism.
In this thread we post our most :LIB: takes, and discuss whether that is the logical end point on a given topic or whether we need to lose that last bit of liberalism.
Outside of really disgusting shit like CP, Media censorship is usually more effort than it’s worth, and makes socialist governments look insecure and weak. The USSR shoulda let teens listen to Rock music, and better yet encourage them to make their own. The idea that listening to Van Halen makes you a capitalist is stupid.
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The thing is, I think in our increasing digital age it will be functionally be impossible to actually censor this stuff, even if it was a good thing to do. So regardless of the justification for it, I think socialist states are gonna have to learn to counter not suppress foreign propaganda. Go ahead and let people consume it but provide a context for it and a counter narrative.