© Inequality MediaRobert Reich, former Labor Secretary, Clinton Administration 1993-97
Reich has long been a prominent voice in the anti-free speech movement discussed in my recent book, The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage. Indeed, he has given a voice to the rage in calling for others to be silenced or arrested.
Elon Musk has long been the primary target of Reich and his allies after dismantling the censorship system at Twitter, now X. Reich called Musk's purchase of Twitter with a pledge to reduce censorship to be "dangerous nonsense."
Notably, Reich's friend, Hillary Clinton, was one of the first to call for a crackdown on Musk after his purchase of Twitter. Hillary Clinton and other Democratic figures turned to Europe and called upon them to use their Digital Services Act to force censorship against Americans.
Reich has always shown a chilling fluidity in how free speech is protected and argued that public interest should be able to trump the right of any citizens in espousing views that he believes are dangerous.
In denouncing Musk, Reich encouraged a campaign to counter his efforts to resist censorship. He wrote:
"Musk may be the richest man in the world. He may own one of the world's most influential social media platforms. But that doesn't mean we're powerless to stop him."Like Hillary Clinton, Reich is calling on foreign governments and censors to silence American citizens including Musk:
"Regulators around the world should threaten Musk with arrest if he doesn't stop disseminating lies and hate on X."He even appears willing to undermine national security programs to stop unfettered free speech. He called for the U.S. government to cut off contracts with his companies despite their critical role in various national security efforts, including the possible rescue of the stranded two astronauts currently in space.
None of that matters to Reich who appears to view free speech as a greater threat to our nation:
"Why is the US government allowing Musk's satellites and rocket launchers to become crucial to the nation's security when he's shown utter disregard for the public interest? Why give Musk more economic power when he repeatedly abuses it and demonstrates contempt for the public good?"Reich's call to regulate speech in the public interest is the Siren's Call of every authoritarian regime in history. He will presumably tell us what speech is no longer tolerable for public policy reasons. Our "Indispensable Right" will, according to Reich, be safely in the hands of the European censors who can protect us from errant and dangerous thoughts.
As he explained earlier:
"The kinds of things that we do about this is, focus less on thinking about free speech, but thinking about how the times have changed. In this way, speech regulations can keep us moving towards how we recommend content and ... how we direct people's attention is leading to a healthy public conversation that is most participatory."The "healthy public conversation" with Robert Reich increasingly appears to be his talking and the rest of us listening.
Twitter and TikTok are streaming videos of Jewish war crimes in Palestine, so they must be stopped. "Shut it all down, lest the Goyim know."
Because the really "dangerous thought" is the realization that Jews are perpetrators, not victims. And always have been.
When the Jews dragged Musk to Auschwitz, he should have said, "no thanks. Fuck off with your bullshit." He kissed their ring and what did he get? They still try to destroy him for not knuckling under 100%. They want 100% obedience.