is there any way i could get a “real adult” pass or something like it so those in charge can treat me like an actually intelligent human being?
“we should restrict the information environment because the masses can’t handle it and it causes chaos and instability” is the exact same argument that well-educated Chinese use for why their country can’t be a democracy.
I see so many people arguing against the effectiveness of propaganda as if they think an opinion is arrived at deterministically with the same access to facts. Utterly insane.
Did I say this? No.
I don’t care how effective propaganda is, I am in a liberal democratic society and should be able to read what I want. Outcome-based reasoning for why I should have my reading restricted so I vote for the apriori correct things is entirely illiberal and anti-democratic.
J.S. Mill decided these arguments over 150 years ago and the arguments since have not gotten more compelling.