The opponents of liberty are sowing disinformation across all social media to promote their agendas and justify their power mongering. Is there a moral case for libertarians to do the same?

submitted by sawboss from self.Libertarianism

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-26/wikipedia-broken-controlled-special-interests-bad-actors-says-co-founder

Ronald Reagan famously paraphrased the Russian proverb, "trust but verify." I don't think that's effective any more. Social media is now being weaponized against free people worldwide in campaigns of gaslighting and social engineering on an unbelievable scale. What can be done?

all 1 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–]friend 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Sowing disinformation is building your support on rotten ground. Like many other destructive strategies, it works best in the short term, and actually backfires long term. Tyrants who plan to eventually go public with their domination don't worry whether their supporters will eventually understand the truth, because by then it will be too late.

The cause of liberty doesn't have this luxury, but since our rulers gain consent by lying, we have a powerful and persuasive message for people who we help to see things clearly. And once someone sees the world as it actually is, they can't unsee it.