The First Amendment: How Ending Freedom Of Expression Gives Up Your Right To A Private Life
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Too few people these days seem able to imagine what life would be like without freedom of expression. To put it plainly, without the First Amendment we’d have no recognized right to a private life or personal relationships. Period. Are you okay with that?
Below I’ll try to explain the connection. But first, we need to understand that the war on free speech started decades ago in America. Prince Harry’s recent comments calling the First Amendment “bonkers” is merely the latest in a long line of public beatings. Such talk should mystify any freedom-loving person, American or not. Yet the ground has rapidly softened for it.
Through various business moves, two new jobs for Harry and a PR-savvy, revelation-packed interview with Oprah herself earlier this spring, they are reinventing themselves as multi hyphenate American celebrities, the kind who dabble in content, philanthropy, technology and a tasteful dash of politics. Essentially, they are becoming a brand - and their unique royal sparkle would make them especially well positioned to leverage that brand across many different areas. That wasn t an option for Harry s great-great uncle, the Duke of Windsor, when he abdicated his position as king back in 1936. But whether this new form of fame will give the Sussexes a happier and more sustainable life remains to be seen.
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