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RE: Censorship is impossible in a Free Society

in #censorship8 years ago

@dantheman We had a friendly exchange in your post from a few weeks ago. I said:

Consider this hypothetical scenario:
Steemit has now grown to 100 Million users and downvoting is allowed.

  • 95% of Steemit users passionately think the proper way to organize society is to have a government in place.
  • 5% of Steemit users passionately think an anarcho-capitalist society is best.

People who believe an anarcho-capitalists society is best will be downvoted into oblivion, even if they have an excellent argument. All because people with the opposite view have a cognitive bias toward the information they view as correct. When a post is downvoted a lot, fewer people see it, which I think is a form of censorship.

You replied with a lengthy comment saying This is why every community needs its own currency and needs to defend its own standards based upon how it votes. You went on to say you will probably write another blog post where clarifying your concept of censorship.

I agree with your sentiment that property rights plays a crucial role in determining what is censorship and what is not. Thanks for the clarification.​