The High Cost of Silencing People
James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Censorship has always been sold as a public good, but it has never been anything more than a private benefit. The pattern is consistent across time and geography. A small group gains short‑term advantage by controlling what people can see, say, or hear, and the rest of society pays the long‑term price. The modern examples are not new. They are simply more visible because the information system is larger, faster, and more centralized than at any point in history.