"Ideas spread because they cannot be stopped. Governments try to control words as a blunt tool to stop the spread of ideas and instill a fear in the populace. Fortunately, much like a virus, governments cannot control the spread of ideas. People talk. At coffee shops, at work, or on the subway. People talk. Only by instilling fear throughout society can government control the spread of ideas. Still, people talk. Governments fear that people will realize that most people are fine law abiding citizens. Politicians fear being held to a high standard by the people they are supposed to serve. Governments need people to live in fear to create a culture that encourages oppression. This creates the perverse outcome where government action encourages the opposite reaction. Governments need fear to promote restrictions on speech, invasions of privacy, and excessive force. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times do not need to write about the embarrassment beholden to the of the Singaporean judiciary because everyone already knows it. It is already an idea that has spread throughout Singapore and the rest of the world. How many times have opposition politicians won cases against the government or PAP? No one needs the New York Times to point out that the Lee family has ruled Singapore nearly uninterrupted since 1959 for the idea of a dynasty to spring forth. The idea has already spread whether it becomes words or not."
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:23:03 +0000
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