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People were contacting my business partner about my supposed "transphobia". I've suddenly felt grateful that I've been so self-made, with nobody in power over me, otherwise people in power over me would get contacted and then I might feel actually afraid.

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This also emphasizes how much the market determines how free your speech can be; if speech isn't accepted, then the market will punish the markets you're associated with (complaining to your company, getting you fired). This punishment can be used for good things or bad things.

9:37 PM · Dec 16, 2019

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But regardless, I feel privileged to have particularly free speech, in that there's little anybody can do to hurt me through social punishment.

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