Let’s say you’re a “benevolent dictator” with complete power over legislative and judicial processes. What laws would exist involving speech(public square and private)? What would punishments look like (if any)?
There’s two kinds of people in this world that I can’t tolerate: those that are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and Ohioans
What we should have been doing for decades in this country is teaching people to be critical thinkers and media savvy. There are simply too many opportunities for unintended consequences when you try to control language. Our inquiries of the world must be based on rationality.
Benevolent Dictator? You mean Benedict?
Ideologies that require harming others do not have the right to be promoted. Nazis, the Confederacy, etc… It’s illegal in the United States to call for the death of someone, it is considered assault to threaten the life of someone. But its not illegal to promote Nazism, which calls for the deaths of millions. And its not illegal to fly the flag of a traitor nation built on the idea that humans can be property and thus snuffed out at any moment by their owners.
You would implement similar laws to the US now with the addition of ideological speech based on harm? Seems pretty reasonable if you’re the benevolent dictator. Would utilize punishments to offenders?
Ideologies that require harming others do not have the right to be promoted.
This will just enforce the status quo. For instance, if the current regime is fascist and requires a revolution in order to overthrow, you have effectively outlawed talk of regime change. To be fair, a fascist regime would do that already, but the fact that a fascist regime would do it is another bad sign for your proposed law.
Maybe we could carve out an exemption for “harming others in self-defense”?
That is literally all political ideologies. Read ‘On Authority’ already. It’s free.
