20 Jun 2021 8:01 pm
SJConspirator » 20 Jun 2021, 7:35 pm » wrote: ↑ If that is true, how does a liberal differ from a Anarchist?
I think liberalism is perfectly in accord with government as long that government has liberal policies, as Dantev pointed out.
consider the 'internet free speech' issue, for example.
I do not think it is hard to see that there is no difference between the monopoly Corporations that control social media censoring certain speech is in effect no different from the state hypothetically doing the same thing. I.e. you won't see the speech.
But it is apparently ok for private corporations to do this, cause that is liberal policy...right?
So what use is the first amendment anyway? If the state is not allowed to enforce free speech as a positive right, why did we bother writing that amendment down? What has it done for us?
I do not believe any liberal could actually answer that question coherently.