Anyone who is paying attention should know exactly what I’m talking about, but here are three recent examples.
- Paypal considers (then walks back) a proposal to “fine” users $2,500 if they promote “misinformation.”
- California is making it illegal for doctors to disagree with politicians.
- Blackrock and other asset managers are forcing companies to follow their ideological agenda.
It seems like this is the consequence of several different trains of thought that have been festering on the left.
- There is no truth, and therefore no point in debate. Everything comes down to an exercise of power.
- Words are violence.
- Oppressive attitudes (racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.) are so deeply ingrained in the system that the only remedy is to tear it all down.
- There is no right to free speech. People who are seen as upholding the current system must be silenced.
Anything else?