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WeedleTLiar on scored.co
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>If you are not trying to change something with your words, why are you making noise
In a high trust, high intelligence society, conversation is used to reach deeper understandings of Truth. That's why speech is enshrined as a fundamental right in those societies.
Somalia doesn't need free speech because there would be no point.
>In a high trust, high intelligence society, conversation is used to reach deeper understandings of Truth
That is that bullshit mysticism I was talking about.
>That's why speech is enshrined as a fundamental right in those societies.
Speech is enshrined as a right because at some point you are going to have to convince others to either stand aside or help you murder some government assholes. It has nothing to do with "Truth" and everything to do with using words to make others behave a specific way.
In a high trust, high intelligence society, conversation is used to reach deeper understandings of Truth. That's why speech is enshrined as a fundamental right in those societies.
Somalia doesn't need free speech because there would be no point.
That is that bullshit mysticism I was talking about.
>That's why speech is enshrined as a fundamental right in those societies.
Speech is enshrined as a right because at some point you are going to have to convince others to either stand aside or help you murder some government assholes. It has nothing to do with "Truth" and everything to do with using words to make others behave a specific way.