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minus-squarecloudlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAuthoritarian governments don’t take power because of free speech, they take power because there’s no free speech anymore
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThis is like the chicken or the egg argument. Does authoritarian government take over because they’ve taken away freedoms … or do they take over because everyone is too apathetic to do anything about it all. Did they come in through force of will? Or because there was no opposing will?
minus-squarecloudlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months ago Did they come in through force of will? Or because there was no opposing will? No right of free speech means opposition is limited
Authoritarian governments don’t take power because of free speech, they take power because there’s no free speech anymore
This is like the chicken or the egg argument.
Does authoritarian government take over because they’ve taken away freedoms … or do they take over because everyone is too apathetic to do anything about it all.
Did they come in through force of will? Or because there was no opposing will?
No right of free speech means opposition is limited