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> it all started with limits on the freedom of speech

No, it all started with your citizens giving up on democracy. They probably chose safety or convenience or stability (economic, probably) or a mix of them.

That's how all democracies fail (barring ones invaded by other countries). People don't want them anymore.

Where people really want democracy, they fight for it.

It's that simple. Yet unbelievably hard to manage in practice.



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