Let’s say you’re a “benevolent dictator” with complete power over legislative and judicial processes. What laws would exist involving speech(public square and private)? What would punishments look like (if any)?
Ideologies that require harming others do not have the right to be promoted. Nazis, the Confederacy, etc… It’s illegal in the United States to call for the death of someone, it is considered assault to threaten the life of someone. But its not illegal to promote Nazism, which calls for the deaths of millions. And its not illegal to fly the flag of a traitor nation built on the idea that humans can be property and thus snuffed out at any moment by their owners.
You would implement similar laws to the US now with the addition of ideological speech based on harm? Seems pretty reasonable if you’re the benevolent dictator. Would utilize punishments to offenders?
The same punishment as threatening someone’s life.
That is literally all political ideologies. Read ‘On Authority’ already. It’s free.
Posting movie spoilers would be punishable by 30 days in the pillory where passersby are instructed to draw dicks on your face.
I can get behind this.
Not because I care about spoilers, I just want to draw some dicks.
Completely reasonable
There’s two kinds of people in this world that I can’t tolerate: those that are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and Ohioans
So there’s a group you can’t tolerate with a subset you can tolerate even less /s
Few/none. If your speech causes physical harm, I.e. inciting violence, that’s illegal. If you’re a public person with a large audience, the causal link can be weaker.
I can get down with that. Any idea on what punishment would look like ?
Nope
Talking out of turn… that’s a paddling.
Do I have to be benevolent? Aaaw, okay…
Similar to what exists in the western world today.
Reasonable
