Gad Saad: The danger of self-censorship

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00:00Regarding your other point about self-censorship, I exactly agree with you.

00:04The greatest threat to freedom of speech in the West doesn't come from the government.

00:08It comes from creating a zeitgeist that causes people to self-regulate, right?

00:15So when the student says, you know, I don't feel comfortable saying that I like Donald

00:21Trump in a classroom because maybe my professor will downgrade me on my essay, that's the

00:28danger, right?

00:29So I don't think in the West, the danger comes from, you know, the big Orwellian big

00:34brother stopping us from speaking.

00:35But if you create an environment where people are afraid to express themselves freely, then

00:42the fascists have won the game.