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Similar to [[Free market|free markets]], '''freedom of speech''' is an [[idealism]] concept completely detached from reality. The concept posits that people are free to say whatever they want. At a basic level, such as yelling "fire!" in a crowded theater, this has never existed. Throughout all of human history, limits have existed on publicly acceptable speech. Throughout much of the feudal era, denouncing monarchy and the divine right of kings was an illegal act subject to severe punishment, even death. These feudal laws still have remnants in [[England]], [[Tailand]] and other parts of the world. So too, such laws existed in slave societies and exist today in capitalist and socialist countries.
Similar to [[Free market|free markets]], '''freedom of speech''' is an [[idealism|idealist]] concept completely detached from reality. The concept posits that people are free to say whatever they want. At a basic level, such as yelling "fire!" in a crowded theater, free speech has never existed. Throughout all of human history, limits have existed on publicly acceptable speech. During much of the [[Feudalism|feudal]] era, denouncing [[Monarchism|monarchy]] and the divine right of kings was an illegal act subject to severe punishment, sometimes even death. These feudal laws still have remnants in [[England]], [[Kingdom of Thailand|Thailand]] and other parts of the world. Likewise, such laws existed in [[Slavery|slave]] societies and exist today in [[Capitalism|capitalist]] and [[Socialism|socialist]] countries.


== In capitalist societies ==
== Under capitalism ==
Police in the United States frequently raid and destroy press companies and reporters for going against the grain of the statesian [[MICIMATT]] system.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Steven Lee Myers and Benjamin Mullin|newspaper=New York Times|title=Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns|date=2023-08-13|archive-url=Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns|quote=The raid is one of several recent cases of local authorities taking aggressive actions against news organizations — some of which are part of a dwindling cohort left in their area to hold governments to account. And it fits a pattern of pressure being applied to local newsrooms. One recent example is the 2019 police raid of the home of Bryan Carmody, a freelance journalist in San Francisco, who was reporting on the death of Jeff Adachi, a longtime public defender.}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=B|newspaper=Moon of Alabama|title="Exceedingly Rare"|date=2023-08-14|url=https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/08/exceedingly-rare.html}}</ref>
[[Police]] in the [[United States of America|United States]] frequently raid and destroy press companies and reporters for going against the grain of the Statesian [[MICIMATT]] system.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Steven Lee Myers and Benjamin Mullin|newspaper=New York Times|title=Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns|date=2023-08-13|archive-url=Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns|quote=The raid is one of several recent cases of local authorities taking aggressive actions against news organizations — some of which are part of a dwindling cohort left in their area to hold governments to account. And it fits a pattern of pressure being applied to local newsrooms. One recent example is the 2019 police raid of the home of Bryan Carmody, a freelance journalist in San Francisco, who was reporting on the death of Jeff Adachi, a longtime public defender.}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=B|newspaper=Moon of Alabama|title="Exceedingly Rare"|date=2023-08-14|url=https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/08/exceedingly-rare.html}}</ref>


== In socialist societies ==
== Under socialism ==


== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Neoliberalism]]
[[Category:Neoliberalism]]
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[[Category:Idealism]]

Revision as of 20:32, 17 August 2023

Similar to free markets, freedom of speech is an idealist concept completely detached from reality. The concept posits that people are free to say whatever they want. At a basic level, such as yelling "fire!" in a crowded theater, free speech has never existed. Throughout all of human history, limits have existed on publicly acceptable speech. During much of the feudal era, denouncing monarchy and the divine right of kings was an illegal act subject to severe punishment, sometimes even death. These feudal laws still have remnants in England, Thailand and other parts of the world. Likewise, such laws existed in slave societies and exist today in capitalist and socialist countries.

Under capitalism

Police in the United States frequently raid and destroy press companies and reporters for going against the grain of the Statesian MICIMATT system.[1][2]

Under socialism

References

  1. “The raid is one of several recent cases of local authorities taking aggressive actions against news organizations — some of which are part of a dwindling cohort left in their area to hold governments to account. And it fits a pattern of pressure being applied to local newsrooms. One recent example is the 2019 police raid of the home of Bryan Carmody, a freelance journalist in San Francisco, who was reporting on the death of Jeff Adachi, a longtime public defender.”

    Steven Lee Myers and Benjamin Mullin (2023-08-13). Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns New York Times. [Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns Archived] from the original.
  2. B (2023-08-14). ""Exceedingly Rare"" Moon of Alabama.