It also reveals their naivety to think "that won't happen again" with regard to truly insane authoritarian actions against citizens.
Once authoritarian governments take hold, tens of millions of citizens die every single time, either from starvation, imprisonment, or genocide.
The fact that Kamala, Walz, AOC, Newsom, and Hillary are all demanding censorship in the past few months should instantly disqualify them from ever being elected.
Unfortunately, most people are ignorant to history and naive about what's really possible.
Elon knows that he's at risk of being jailed if Kamala wins. They just arrested his counterpart who founded Telegram in France last month.
Assange and Snowden have shown what happens when you reveal authoritarian crimes against their citizens, turning the act of truth telling into a crime.
The reason they need censorship is to keep the citizens in the dark and to control them, otherwise their power diminishes as free people will always choose more freedom.
And freely sharing information is how societies stay free. Even when it's misinformation.
Once we lose that, it's game over.
I'd encourage you to vote as though your freedom depended on it.
And if there's the slightest curiosity to better understand how this unfolded elsewhere over the past hundred years, feel free to private message me and I'll gladly share some resources you can look into.
Also know that my friends who grew up in Russia all say that we're headed that way now based on everything I've said above.