Milton & Locke thought Catholics didn't deserve free speech. Mill thought "immature" (i.e. non whites & working class) didn't deserve free speech. So this is completely wrong on classical liberal position.https://twitter.com/JonathanMerritt/status/962446842062663681 …
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It wasn't a race based argument, he thought certian societies hadn't progressed enough to be individualistic. He actually laments China's collectivist nature and states that they would surpass Europe if individualism developed.
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Also, he says all of Europe was sufficiently developed. At the time they didn't consider all of Europe to be racially homogenous. And since he said platonic oligarchic ideals were preferable during their age, id assume the same logic applies to colonies.
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