It's a bit complicated to really say one way or another about how freedom of speech would reduce the jingoistic tendencies, but given the general trend of more free speech = less jingoism, it's probably what needs to happen to really fight back against this B.S.
As for assigning blame...well, there are certain targets that are still correct to blame, such as the dysfunctional ethnically driven bloodbaths, the preference for strong man authoritarian leaders, the inability to tolerate differing political opinions, etc. Also, capitalism and Western imperialism has always been an acceptable and not incorrect target. Even the West is starting to self-examine their not-so-morally-upstanding actions throughout most of the 19th and 20th century. A lot of the current global unrest and climate change can be squarely charged to the Western powers' ignoble actions.
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Date: 2021-03-02 17:38 (UTC)It's a bit complicated to really say one way or another about how freedom of speech would reduce the jingoistic tendencies, but given the general trend of more free speech = less jingoism, it's probably what needs to happen to really fight back against this B.S.
As for assigning blame...well, there are certain targets that are still correct to blame, such as the dysfunctional ethnically driven bloodbaths, the preference for strong man authoritarian leaders, the inability to tolerate differing political opinions, etc. Also, capitalism and Western imperialism has always been an acceptable and not incorrect target. Even the West is starting to self-examine their not-so-morally-upstanding actions throughout most of the 19th and 20th century. A lot of the current global unrest and climate change can be squarely charged to the Western powers' ignoble actions.