I think the guy just invoked North Korea because he's angry. Not everything is a rhetorical war. I think people here are smart enough to recognize commie blackpill propaganda when they see it and move on.

I certainly wouldn't try to argue that we've ever had true "free speech" anywhere. It's just an idyllic virtue. We got the closest humanity's ever been in the late 90's / early 2000's and then the crabs in the bucket pulled everyone back down - to the point that free speech is no longer even an ideal. I blame globalism. But there are logical reasons for it being a "good thing', and at least that its downsides are outweighed by its upsides. For one thing, I doubt a paradise of government by the worker for the workers could ever stand up to the scrutiny of free speech without shameless use of aggression.

I do have MacIntyre on my reading list already. :)