7. The Law of Disinfecting Sunlight: - Deepstash
7. The Law of Disinfecting Sunlight:

7. The Law of Disinfecting Sunlight:

The freer a society, the more ugly things will surface.

  • In liberal democracies, the more complaints about human rights violations, the better protected those rights are likely to be, according to "Moynihan's Law."
  • This is because in free societies, people can freely voice their grievances.
  • Activists sometimes inadvertently give the impression that things are getting worse when they're actually just becoming more visible.

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