Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by David Volodzko
“Advocates of free speech champion it because they believe in the marketplace of ideas. The notion is that open discourse allows all perspectives to be heard and tested. When ideas are challenged, we cut through the clutter of bad thinking with the benefit of arguments sharpened by other minds. At least, that’s what the brochure says. But what happens when media bias, political propaganda, bot armies, troll farms, and deep fakes become so sophisticated that we can no longer trust our own eyes? What happens when the marketplace of ideas goes broke? When sunlight no longer disinfects? The easy solution is to censor the harmful things you don’t want to hear. But this raises two problems.” (02/12/25)
https://fee.org/articles/when-the-marketplace-of-ideas-goes-broke/