When Neither a Marketplace nor Ideas are Proffered: On the Promises and Platitudes of the So-Called Marketplace of Ideas

Jun 28th 2024 2:03pm EDT

4,170 words None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A vast majority in American society remain confident in so-called First-Amendment values. A foundational premise to this belief in free speech — not knowledge, but belief — is the concept of the “free marketplace of ideas.” This construct postulates that conflicting ideas or positions compete in an […]

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