I’ve pondered the Thielean anti-democratic turn for a few years now. Trump’s victory in 2016 struck me as both the most democratic and least democratic thing ever. I’m still firmly for electoral democracy and against authoritarian/monarchical rule. But I’ve updated definitions.
Putting this into a constitution is a bad idea. These things have been around 15 years, constitutions are expected to endure much longer.
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My preferred take is the "no anti-competitive practices in the marketplace of ideas" approach. It's unreasonable to apply the standard of "freedom of speech" that we apply to states.
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No anti-competitive practices in the market place of ideas means: you can't build up your platform liberally to dominate the market and then impose illiberal norms once you've crushed the competition. Don't know if you were on a different track.
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