A hallmark of free speech is its ability to allow unexpected and sometimes controversial ideas to develop. This is essential for us as a country to continue to innovate and push fresh concepts into the public eye. To see proof of this, we must simply examine the antithesis to this theory: the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union is well-known for its suppression of free speech in favor of a rhetoric that painted them as the best in the world (ex: Soviet planes don't crash, Soviet reactors don't explode, etc.). The Soviet Union would imprison or discredit any doctors or scientists that wouldn't respect this policy and chose to speak out.
A famous example of this would be the Chernobyl disaster. Scientist were so frightened about speaking out that they allowed a dangerous test to be preformed on a faulty reactor core (because the Soviet Union makes the best ones). A disaster like this would never happen in a country with free speech because the opinions of scientists would have been valued over the opinions of politicians.
The Soviet Union is well-known for its suppression of free speech in favor of a rhetoric that painted them as the best in the world (ex: Soviet planes don't crash, Soviet reactors don't explode, etc.). The Soviet Union would imprison or discredit any doctors or scientists that wouldn't respect this policy and chose to speak out.
A famous example of this would be the Chernobyl disaster. Scientist were so frightened about speaking out that they allowed a dangerous test to be preformed on a faulty reactor core (because the Soviet Union makes the best ones). A disaster like this would never happen in a country with free speech because the opinions of scientists would have been valued over the opinions of politicians.
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