The "marketplace of ideas" was always a flawed metaphor. Ideas don't compete on merit; they compete on memetic fitness—how easily they spread, how good they make believers feel, and how effectively they suppress competing ideas.

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i wanted to read the next sentence if this was part of an essay i didn't know how else to prompt it lol

fwiw i agree