Correlation does not imply causation. Every authoritarian and totalitarian regime also agrees citizens should pay their taxes. As do most liberal democracies.
First they deplatformed the Nazis, and I did not speak out -- for I was not a Nazi.
>The problem is when governments go against legitimate opposition and abuse social pressure.
Legitimate according to who? Isn't any opposition to a government illegitimate opposition? Or exclusively legitimate, depending on how you feel about the concept of government itself.
I've been self-censoring for more than a decade now. I really like how the information is presented in this SocialCooling site.
As you have pointed out, the effects are good if they lower the voices you disagree with, and raise the ones that represent your views. My advice to everyone reading HN is to pick the winning side, and conform to it. Fortunately for us, picking the winners isn't hard.
Funny; I thought it was "First they deplatformed Nazis, and I did not speak out because Nazis can get fucked." ;)
> I've been self-censoring for more than a decade now
Good! I recommend it. It's a basic skill that is useful when living in a society with other human beings whose situation (social power, emotional state, world view) we must account for. We have entire empathic neurological systems to support that behavior.
> My advice to everyone reading HN is to pick the winning side, and conform to it.
Every authoritarian and totalitarian regime that ever existed agrees with you.
Correlation does not imply causation. Every authoritarian and totalitarian regime also agrees citizens should pay their taxes. As do most liberal democracies.
Social cooling is one of the main causes why such regimes stay afloat without popular support.
As long as it is used against Nazis, definitely. I mean, we can all agree that Nazis are bad.
The problem is when governments go against legitimate opposition and abuse social pressure.
First they deplatformed the Nazis, and I did not speak out -- for I was not a Nazi.
>The problem is when governments go against legitimate opposition and abuse social pressure.
Legitimate according to who? Isn't any opposition to a government illegitimate opposition? Or exclusively legitimate, depending on how you feel about the concept of government itself.
I've been self-censoring for more than a decade now. I really like how the information is presented in this SocialCooling site.
As you have pointed out, the effects are good if they lower the voices you disagree with, and raise the ones that represent your views. My advice to everyone reading HN is to pick the winning side, and conform to it. Fortunately for us, picking the winners isn't hard.
Funny; I thought it was "First they deplatformed Nazis, and I did not speak out because Nazis can get fucked." ;)
> I've been self-censoring for more than a decade now
Good! I recommend it. It's a basic skill that is useful when living in a society with other human beings whose situation (social power, emotional state, world view) we must account for. We have entire empathic neurological systems to support that behavior.
> My advice to everyone reading HN is to pick the winning side, and conform to it.
My advice is never pick the Nazis.
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IMHO Nazis aren't the core problem - it's the hate speech that tends to come with them that is.