Justin’s Fear of the Internet – Cannabis | weed | marijuana

Justin’s fear of the internet runs deep.

The internet is the printing press of the 21st century, and Justin’s liberals want to control it because they’re afraid of it.

When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press around 1436, he changed the world. For example, people started printing Bibles.

They found theological discrepancies between the teachings of Jesus and the commandments of the Catholic Church. The result was the Protestant Reformation.

The invention of the printing press threatened the old world powers. In 1483, Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire issued a decree banning the machine from his empire.

Back then, the Ottomans were the dominant superpower in the world. They controlled most of the Middle East, North Africa and Southeastern Europe.

But like Justin’s fear of the internet, Bayezid feared the printing press.

Justin’s fear of the internet, like the Ottoman fear of the printing press

In today’s parlance, Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire was concerned about the spread of misinformation. He wanted new ideas to be “fact-checked” by his experts.

So the Ottoman Empire banned the printing press. They imposed the death penalty on anyone caught doing it.

The result was as expected: for over 300 years, the only Ottoman scientific advance was a medical text on syphilis imported from Europe.

They stagnated while Europe enjoyed a golden age of discovery and ideas. What would Newton or Galileo have achieved without the printing press?

Justin Trudeau’s fear of the internet led to Bill C-11. This places the internet, including social media posts and podcasts, under the Canadian government’s regulatory arm.

Societies that keep their internet free from political influence will grow radically.

In the past two decades, we’ve already seen new content creators, online commerce, and new (and rediscovered) political ideas that can undo the corporate statism of the 20th century.

Western civilization would not exist without the invention of the printing press. Western governments consider themselves progressive and cling to new technologies and ideas.

But actions speak louder than words.

Western governments cannot handle competing currencies with their fiat monopoly. So instead of accepting cryptocurrencies, they lie about who is using crypto (organized crime) and why (violence).

You can only deal with political opinions within the 3×5 legal opinion tab. So they put pressure on social media companies to censor information.

Justin’s fear of the internet means Canada has taken another step towards more censorship and control. Bill C-11 gives the CRTC the power to “regulate the internet and social media in the same way it regulates national broadcasting,” the Department for Heritage says.

Cannabis misinformation?

When Justin Trudeau’s liberals legalized cannabis, they didn’t do so because Canadians are distinct individuals with the right to consume a non-lethal, non-toxic plant.

They legalized for reasons of “public health and safety”. For example, how lockdowns and domestic passports were part of the “public health and safety” strategy to fight a flu virus.

We’ve seen with COVID ideas and theories (many of which turned out to be correct) censored on social media and dubbed “conspiracy theories” by the corporate press.

Canadians have borne this blatant assault on free speech because the corporate press has portrayed COVID as a one-off pandemic.

But like the income tax, censorship, once introduced to combat misinformation, hasn’t gone away.

And now Justin’s fear of the internet has kicked into high gear. With Bill C-11, nothing prevents government bureaucrats from making sure you don’t read this type of content.

Remember, when the Liberals began the cannabis legalization process, they appointed Anne McLellan to head a “task force”.

I criticized their appointment and the need for a task force. But more importantly, her insistence that legalization would cost taxpayers and that “the media shouldn’t call this a failure.”

Justin’s Liberals have gone from proposing how the media should cover something to outright demanding it.

How long before the CRTC bureaucrats wipe cannabis misinformation (information contrary to the interests of the regime) from the internet?

Justin’s fear of the internet

Justin’s fear of the internet led to Bill C-11. Critics routinely point out its shortcomings, particularly the negative impact it will have on Canadian Youtubers.

And while this is a real consequence, the long-term effects are even more devastating.

There’s a reason why historians dubbed the Ottoman Empire the “Sick Man of Europe.”

As multifaceted as the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire was, the ban on printing put it at a competitive disadvantage compared to Europe.

Europe has evolved from a plague-ridden continent of ancient stone castles into a world leader in science, technology and capital.

Canada and the West are in similar positions. We can embrace the revolutionary, disruptive technology of the internet.

Or we can allow our bloated, centralized systems of control to undermine the 21st century printing press.

Because of Justin’s fear of the internet, Canada will go the way of the Ottomans.

A country that restricts its citizens’ freedom of expression does not deserve its status as a nation.

footnote(s)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28858519-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-ottoman-empire