| ▲ | lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4 days ago |
| What is censorship for the "common" good? The point being that censorship is a top-down thing; it is not a "common" thing by definition. |
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| ▲ | FirmwareBurner 4 days ago | parent [-] |
| Definition of Common good is doing what the political establishment sees as good for preserving their power. It's not what's good for you, it's what's good for them. |
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| ▲ | lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4 days ago | parent [-] | | This is some weird revisionism. The definition of a common good is what's good for a community. | | |
| ▲ | FirmwareBurner 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Your definition is weird idealism from the past that doesn't work in today's corrupt political landscape. | | |
| ▲ | immibis 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Just because politicians are misusing a word to justify corruption doesn't mean the word doesn't have an actual meaning. There's this weird effect I've noticed where people act like words don't have meanings any more. I don't know what to call it. |
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