An essential belief of democracy is that when people argue openly with each other, good arguments will prevail. As John Milton argued, we must have unlimited access to the ideas of our fellow citizens in “a free and open encounter.” To remain viable, democracies must promote a marketplace of ideas, insuring that freedom of the press does not become democracies’ paradise lost.
Un principio esencial de la democracia es que cuando las personas discuten abiertamente entre sí, prevalecerán los mejores argumentos. Como John Milton alegó, debemos tener acceso ilimitado a las ideas de nuestros conciudadanos en “un encuentro libre y abierto”. Para seguir siendo viables, las democracias deben promover un mercado de ideas, asegurando que la libertad de prensa no se convierta en el paraíso perdido de las democracias.
Unlike the Utah Monolith, 2021 is not in the possession of any branch of government as most governments are focused on getting their population vaccinated and on filling the growing income vs debt gap arising from the economic paralysis triggered by covid19. But like the monolith it is giving rise to all kinds of stories about a potential unnoticed visit by extraterrestrials or about the desolation of artists with the destruction of the moab desert .
