@rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 21 days agoWhat is good and bad about free speech?message-square31fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down16
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareWhat is good and bad about free speech?@rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 21 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-square@oxjox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish5•21 days agoThere is no inherent arbiter of good or truth. If the trust in expertise is tarnished, reshaping reality is left to the uninformed.
minus-square@rainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-221 days agoYou can trust the uninformed to express their own will truthfully at least. (Unless they’re convinced to side with an authority). There’s a reliable truth there. I guess that’s the rock of democracy.
There is no inherent arbiter of good or truth.
If the trust in expertise is tarnished, reshaping reality is left to the uninformed.
You can trust the uninformed to express their own will truthfully at least. (Unless they’re convinced to side with an authority). There’s a reliable truth there. I guess that’s the rock of democracy.