I
Weak rulers make hard rules the people must follow.
Strong leaders ask the people to follow his lead.
The former demand obedience using threats, the people do not trust them and must be forced to obey; they know instinctively the rules are in the ruler’s best interests, not the people’s.
The latter is trusted by the people he leads and follow him willingly; they know instinctively the leader’s ask is in the best interest of all.
Which is why authoritarian governments are inherently weak. They are led by weak people. Who know they are weak. Who resort to brute force to impose their will on the people they govern. Free people must be governed by strong leaders. Who earn the trust of the people they govern. An instinctual phenomenon, can’t be faked. Free people who become subjects to authoritarian regimes suffer from weak leadership. That overcompensates with bullying tactics and shows of force. Napoleon complex, those with short stature who become tyrants applies to all of the weak pretenders who ascend to a throne. Authoritarians are weak. Never forget it. They don’t.
II
Those who advocate for censorship believe the people are unable to discern truth from fiction, right from wrong, have uncritical minds that will believe and do anything they are told to believe and do.
Censors believe this because:
A. Censors, themselves, have uncritical minds and believe and do anything they’re told to believe and do.
B. Censors, themselves, are benefited by telling the people to believe and do anything they say, requiring A.
Which is why authoritarian governments censor. Remember, these are weak pretenders who’ve ascended to thrones, positions they benefit from, not the people. They need uncritical minds to keep their thrones, and the privileges granted. Uncensored information in the people’s critical minds threatens the tyrant’s throne. Authoritarians are pretenders to thrones. Never forget it. They don’t.
Truth is very simple. It’s the lies that are complex.
Bravissimo!