"Recently published research analyzes the types of people who benefit most from freedom of speech. The research found people with more resources place greater priority on freedom of speech. However, people with fewer resources (i.e. lower incomes or education levels) benefit most from free speech. The results support the hypothesis that free speech empowers those with fewer resources in society compared to those with greater resources."
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-economics-free-speech-benefits-poor.html

@mangeurdenuage All I got from that lousily written article was that poor people benefit from free speech because they say so. Maybe the paper does a better job at explaining itself.

It's not that I think it's wrong, just that the article could be summed up as: “Even though poor people admit to not caring much about free speech, they greatly benefit from it because reasons.”

@josemanuel Don't you trust the science ?

@mangeurdenuage No. Trust is for friends and family (and that only to a degree). From science I demand proof, and hopefully clarity in its explanations.