I wish to respond to Balaji directly, because I’ve reached exactly his conclusion in the past.
Despite all of the evidence he cites, I believe Americans try anything and eventually do the right thing.
Right here, right now, in this very post we see the beginning of the next way Americans engage in free speech: we pay for it.
For all the horrid culturally corrosive forces amplified by social media, substack, and platforms like it let Americans read unfettered voices of genuine liberals such as Bari Weiss, Glenn Greenwald, and, hopefully, when it is prestigious enough (nod to that short), our children.
See, America is a journey. I believe that spirit which led people across the great divide still lives in most. Some will get lost. Some will prey on others. Some might convince others that they’ve read the word of a new gospel in a hat. Some will perish. But, in the end, they’ll build. They’ll do it because they can. They’ll do it because this is America, and we are free.
I wish to respond to Balaji directly, because I’ve reached exactly his conclusion in the past.
Despite all of the evidence he cites, I believe Americans try anything and eventually do the right thing.
Right here, right now, in this very post we see the beginning of the next way Americans engage in free speech: we pay for it.
For all the horrid culturally corrosive forces amplified by social media, substack, and platforms like it let Americans read unfettered voices of genuine liberals such as Bari Weiss, Glenn Greenwald, and, hopefully, when it is prestigious enough (nod to that short), our children.
See, America is a journey. I believe that spirit which led people across the great divide still lives in most. Some will get lost. Some will prey on others. Some might convince others that they’ve read the word of a new gospel in a hat. Some will perish. But, in the end, they’ll build. They’ll do it because they can. They’ll do it because this is America, and we are free.