The Sleep of Reason

Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast · Jun 26, 2020 · 27m

A couple of weeks ago, the administration issued its long-expected Executive Order which purports to "protect free speech" on social media.

Now, for many of us, the idea of forcing a private business to allow a takeover by political speech which it either does not support or doesn't like, to be something of an anathema.

Oddly enough, buried deep in the EO is a citation to a Supreme Court case that Conservatives have long hated because it seems to eviscerate private property rights and allow the taking of private property as banned by the 5th Amendment.

So why is a President that Conservatives…