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Yascha Mounk

What Yascha Mounk thinks about censorship

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Writer and academic on the crisis of democracy and the defence of liberal values; professor of the practice of international affairs at Johns Hopkins, founder of Persuasion and host of The Good Fight.

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  1. Our readingThe tendency of both the left and the right to flip-flop on free speech depending on their perceived cultural power is the power theory of free speech.

    Their wordsI have come to think of the tendency of both left and right to flip-flop on free speech depending on whether or not they feel that they have the upper hand in the nation's culture war as the power theory of free speech.

    ↗The Power Theory of Free Speechwriting.yaschamounk.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingThe principles of free speech remain an indispensable basis for any free society.

    Their wordsBut the principles of free speech nevertheless remain an indispensable basis for any free society.

    ↗The Power Theory of Free Speechwriting.yaschamounk.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  5. Our readingA robust notion of free speech must include confidence that one will not lose their job or suffer social ostracism for offending others.

    Their wordsAnd it is precisely because there are many ways to chill speech that a robust notion of free speech must entail not only the knowledge that you won't be jailed for "offending" others but also the confidence that you won't lose your job or suffer social ostracism if you do so.

    ↗The Power Theory of Free Speechwriting.yaschamounk.com 3rd of 3 in this piece