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I agree, only people approved by a central committee should get a chance to speak their mind. This is the only way to build a healthy society like China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea.

> There is a reason spectrum is regulated

Yeah because it's scarce and if overuse leads to pollution and interference.

It's not because [x] group of people are too dumb and shouldn't have ideas voiced.

Attention is scarce. The Attention Economy is about allocation of scarce Attention. It's not happening right now because Americans confuse Free Speech with Free Broadcast.

When everyone broadcasts what happens to Attention?

You get to choose what to pay attention to, as you always have. Currently, you have more choices than in the past. The people seeing this stuff are generally seeking it out.

If you consider social media more like interpersonal discourse then regulation is a very new thing.