Indeed. Which standard do you, gentle Slashdot read, want: * Videos that people want to put up, and that people want to see; or * A curated selection of videos that are best for you, as judged by your betters
We know that oppressive governments the world round demand the second option. Which should you demand?
"To know who rules you, ask: who am I not allowed to criticize in public? Those are your rulers."
It used to be the case that a higher education was good for exposing young minds to challenging ideas, and thereby teaching them to stare with resolve into the deep abyss that is existence, and to rebut bad arguments with good arguments.
However, collectivist authoritarians (namely Marxists) began their "long march" through the Institutions of the West; in the Universities, they started curbing speech by setting up "safe spaces", and then once the "safe" space spread across most of a campus, they started des
Ironically, "Nazi" is derived from "National Socialist", which is an ideology better known as "Fascism", which was derived from Marxism by recognizing that Nationalism seems to be a more cohesive collectivism than some kind of internationalist economic status.
Felson's Law:
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from
many is research.
Good (Score:1, Insightful)
I see no problem here (except with some employees who are complaining, who should probably be fired).
Re: (Score:5, Insightful)
Indeed. Which standard do you, gentle Slashdot read, want:
* Videos that people want to put up, and that people want to see; or
* A curated selection of videos that are best for you, as judged by your betters
We know that oppressive governments the world round demand the second option. Which should you demand?
"To know who rules you, ask: who am I not allowed to criticize in public? Those are your rulers."
Collectivists took over Universities. (Score:2, Interesting)
It used to be the case that a higher education was good for exposing young minds to challenging ideas, and thereby teaching them to stare with resolve into the deep abyss that is existence, and to rebut bad arguments with good arguments.
However, collectivist authoritarians (namely Marxists) began their "long march" through the Institutions of the West; in the Universities, they started curbing speech by setting up "safe spaces", and then once the "safe" space spread across most of a campus, they started des
Re:Collectivists took over Universities. (Score:2)
No-one cares what 'Marxist' actually means any more. It's just a convenient scary word which can be slapped upon anyone undesirable.
Nope. The scary word is "Nazi". (Score:0)
Ironically, "Nazi" is derived from "National Socialist", which is an ideology better known as "Fascism", which was derived from Marxism by recognizing that Nationalism seems to be a more cohesive collectivism than some kind of internationalist economic status.