The powerful tend to claim to be champions of free speech. In practical terms, though, they are only interested in protecting vested interests. It is very easy for the powerful to defend absolute freedom when it comes to insulting or lying about disenfranchised groups. But the other way around? We witness daily that when the disenfranchised take on the powerful, their freedom of expression is rapidly denounced. Soon enough, the multi-billionaire’s free speech utopia will be exposed for what it really is.
Last modified: 7 November 2022
