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    Challenges→Regulating speech is foolish and counterproductive for civil society

    Hobbes and Rousseau both argue that sovereign authority requires controlling the public signification of speech to prevent factional manipulation of collective will.

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    • 1.Hobbes emphasizes that uncontrolled speech creates competing interpretations of the sovereign's will, destabilizing the commonwealth's unity.
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    • 2.Rousseau argues that faction-driven rhetoric obscures the general will, requiring regulated public discourse to preserve authentic collective consensus.
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    • 3.Both thinkers view speech control as necessary infrastructure, not oppression—comparable to standardizing weights/measures for commerce.
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    • 1.Hobbes prioritizes sovereign stability over speech freedom, but monopolizing signification actually breeds distrust and covert resistance.
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    • 2.Rousseau's 'general will' cannot be reliably determined through controlled speech—eliminating dissent merely hides rather than resolves disagreement.
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    • 3.Factional manipulation is a symptom of underlying inequality; controlling speech treats the symptom while legitimating power that causes factionalism.
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