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I think #freespeech depend more on the social fabric than laws. There has always been more levels of free speech among loved ones in all kind of societies than in public and in peer-groups.

Even at places in time where censorship laws where at their most prohibitive, people have managed to plan their escapes together with loved ones. And in many border crossings even succeeded to break free.

When living in a place with good legal protections and principles for freespeech, the social fabric can still hold things back. We get self-censorship. A kind of fear, of what the peer group might think.

One solution here is to instill individual stoicism. Although powerful, it's not more scalable than whatever ammount of people would find that appealing to instill in themselves.

Another solution, way more natural, scalable and fun! Is to boost the social fabric and involve yourself in more than one peer-group. This is also easier to encourage people to do, since we are built to be social and actually like it once we get going. Being diverse over multiple peer-groups, will ground you more. Let you see more perspectives, and protect you by letting you relax in another place in case of temporary drama in another group (which can happen).

And on top of all this, you'll help tie the social fabric in society together in the most healthy way. You actually provide, by just partaking. Like a dance floor, the more the better!

Engage in multiple activities, I would recommend at least two outside if family and work. Do it with love and out of interest. You'll get to know more people, and they will get to know you. It's all a beautiful way of life. Btw, everyone doesn't have to become your best friend of life.

I think it would even be a way of organically spread #nostr into lots of situations as well. Because if you read this, you use nostr and wherever you go: nostr goes ;)

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Matt 1y ago

Not really. Some countries just shoot people for certain speech. Social fabric comes nowhere close to law. That's why the US Founders enshrined it as the first thing in our Constitution. People can get pissed at you and that indeed has power, but not as much as a bullet to the head or the rest of your life in a prison camp.

VictorieeMan 1y ago

Not really what? It's not like the first amendment protect us outside of the USA. We aren't part of your world and hence ignored on such matters. Ask Julian Assange ^^

And even being part of it, the first amendment isn't even strong enough to protect Edward Snowden. "Oh, that's an exception..." Garbage. You better revive your free speech culture so that it would be political suicide to not defend Edward Snowden, but you haven't because Americans don't care enough anymore.

The culture has slid away from the ideals. And some people take so much pride in those papers that they are blind to the fact that social work must be done on this point. If the social fabric doesn't agree with the laws, they may be ignored and forgotten.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of the founding documents of the USA; 1776 all the way. But. You better shape up. You need to work socially and revive the high trust society. And that can start with involving one's self in more peer groups and activities. Tennis? Camping with others? Sports? All of it is of good.

The freedoms are of no use if no one uses them. And all of life isn't the political realm either. But when it is, people need to be socially grounded in more than one peer group to muster the courage to sa things that may be in conflict with the group-think of one if the groups.