>The right to free speech doesn't promise every citizen a printing press.
Well, it should. Either that, or access to one.
Because else, people have the right to free speech, but no way to be heard, whereas a tiny minority controls the media, and their's is the only speech that matters.
Giving actual resources and physical dimensions to a right doesn't cheapen it, it makes it more concrete.
What some people don't understand is that the "right to free speech" wasn't about idly talking in your house, it was about the right to make political statements on the issues of the day AND be heard by your community. That was far easier when the concept was established of course, where communities and cities were far smaller and knit together.
Free speech between friends or in your house is BS, even the worst dictatorships had that.
Well, it should. Either that, or access to one.
Because else, people have the right to free speech, but no way to be heard, whereas a tiny minority controls the media, and their's is the only speech that matters.
Giving actual resources and physical dimensions to a right doesn't cheapen it, it makes it more concrete.
What some people don't understand is that the "right to free speech" wasn't about idly talking in your house, it was about the right to make political statements on the issues of the day AND be heard by your community. That was far easier when the concept was established of course, where communities and cities were far smaller and knit together.
Free speech between friends or in your house is BS, even the worst dictatorships had that.