In Part 17 of this "Thinking Clearly and Speaking Freely" series, I argued that free markets help combat Cancel Culture while, conversely, expansion of government control and intervention supports speech suppression. As I explained in "Free Markets Are a Crucial Antidote to Cancel Culture," a free market order is instrumental in nurturing a culture conducive to speaking freely because the mutual cooperation necessary to facilitate voluntary exchange depends upon habits of tolerance, including tolerating speech with which you may disagree.
That last piece was part of my ongoing project to consider how to nurture a constitutional culture more supportive of free speech – more conducive to "speaking freely" – in spaces, like social media, where our Constitution may not mandate allowing such speech.
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