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...extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves. In a way, it had happened already to the antiwar movement.

— Naomi Klein The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007)

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Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.

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I think this is part of a process of delegitimising this sector and saying these are odious profits, this is not a legitimate business model.

If you're not arguing, your coalition isn't wide enough.

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When we lack the ability to talk back to entities that are culturally and politically powerful, the very foundations of free speech and democratic society are called into question.

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