And that's not true? When you have to worry about maintaining a job you 100% have to watch what you say. We even have a saying which encapsulates this phenomenon - "FU money".
>it implicitly endorses the idea the rich and powerful can say and do anything
When replying, please try to actually respond to what was written and not just how you feel about it or just the first thing that pops in your head.
PG laments the difference between today and 1500s. He is not talking about some ideal utopia. So the reply tweet claims that the difference is not that great.