I'm unbelievably ignorant as to how free speech would be treated under a hypothetical socialist society, so I'm asking you guys. Is the treatment of free speech just dependent on the type of socialism that is enacted? I know the USSR and Cuba had a history of repressing anti revolutionary political activism; however, it is difficult imagining that a revolutionary Catalonia would pertain to the same tendencies. I would definitely refer to myself as a quasi fellow traveler (an uniformed one) but some closure as to how the freedom to express oneself should fair under a socialist society would be greatly appreciated.
Free Speech Under Socialism
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I agree with the sentiment here, but it’s important to ensure that suppressing counter revolution doesn’t degenerate into suppressing the diversity of revolutionary thought.
???? they killed nuns dude
me not knowing that is a testament to my ignorance
This shit it's so overrated. Is basically the "human nature" argument of everything in life. We have "more freedom" than north korea, belraus and russia, what are we doing with it? What did we accomplish? What makes you think that you got something interesting or good to say? Censoring is just the ballsy what of what "liberal democracies" do through all the junk news, spectacle ecc.
Civil freedom is meaningless compared to economic and political freedom.
God this is such a horrific turn off to socialism. The repression of a fruitful society leads to authoritarian hell holes as seen in the USSR because a vanguard will retain power and treat any rhetoric that questions authority as anti socialism. My ideas mean just as much as a dictator of a proletariat because we're both normal humans.
Fresh off from reddit, ain't ya little bitch?
They had it coming.
Well, markets are pretty counter-revolutionary.
There has never in our history been anything we could reasonably call free speech. Narratives can always be controlled, special interests can supress views with or without state influence.
It is impossible to truly have freedom of speech as long as we live in a class society.