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I'm not sure I'm convinced that taking away anonymity fixes the problem. We have very prominent politicians who are driving entire political campaigns around this strategy of ignoring all fact.


I honestly think that prominent politicians wouldn't have any willingness to adopt this insane level of misinformation if there wasn't such a general societal acceptance of it.

The people in congress that believe in jewish space lasers didn't get elected because everyone around them thought they were crazy conspiracy theorists.


Adding the option of authentic speech merely broadens the Marketplace of Ideas. No one could curtail inauthentic speech; no point in even trying.




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