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You sound as optimistic as we were in the 90's about the internet. We were naive about how it would play out.
Most people are not curious. That curiosity needs to be cultivated in school but it isn't. I gave you the statistics which indicate that.
First Earthers are on the rise. 2% of my GenX and 4% of Millennials.
While the US is certanly going the Propaganda and facism Route, I dont think free speevh is too blame. In a system where everyone is rather equal, and each voice gets heard an equal amount, free speech leads to better outcomes, as most people are good willing if not mislead, and less people trying to mislead, than trying to foster truth.
The problem is, that you have one man who dictates twitter, amazon, google, etc. Pp.and can decide what gets hear, what information rises to the top etc because they inherited a lot of money from their colonialist fathers or just were lucky.
Such few people with so few interest who have free speech and control which arguments are heard and which not for everyone else are the problem.
Its not free speech which isn't working, its the huge inequality which dooms all chancen on fair discourse.
Yes, inequality of free speech due to billionaires owning the platforms. But how could we eliminate that?
Isnt that obvious? Get rid of (massive) inequality. Like sure, if you work more or harder than someone else (regarding to your possibilities) or had to put in years of unpaid training/studying to get to that point you should maybe get a little more, and if you choose more free time even when you could do more you should maybe earn a little less, but people owning more than a whole town could earn in their lifetime? People hardly working at all and just profiting of other people working because they inherited a company or stocks from their grandfather being richer then a hard working normal person? That's just ridiculous! Its unfair, it fosters fascism, monopolies and poverty for the society. We have the Democratic state literally to make rules which foster a society which is best for the people. We should start using its power and simply make rules to prevent this.
There are enough resources for everyone in the world to live a life in honor and welfare, the problem is just how we distribute those recources