1. Freedom of speech
1.1. What is it
1.1.1. Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
1.1.2. Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
1.1.3. This includes: ‘The right to freedom of opinion is the right to hold opinions without interference, and cannot be subject to any exception or restriction.’
1.2. How is it a global dilemma
1.2.1. Without freedom of speech, reporting is restrained.
1.2.2. Without freedom of speech many human rights we take for granted will not be respected.
1.2.3. Without freedom of speech democratic elections would be rigged.
1.2.4. Without freedom of speech the voices of the marginalised and minority issues across the world aren’t heard.
1.3. Resolution in Australia
1.3.1. Educated people about the current laws on freedom of speech
1.3.2. Propose better, more specific acts
1.3.3. Propose someone similar to America's first amendment
1.4. How it is taken away
1.4.1. Which laws are in place that prevent it
1.4.2. Which countries do not have freedom of speech
1.4.3. Freedom of speech as a global aspect
1.5. Anecdote
1.5.1. Recently Al Jazeera incident
1.5.2. Journalists in India being persecuted for telling people about the covid situation
1.5.3. Journalists in Pakistan
2. Fiat Currency vs Crypto Currency
2.1. What is it
2.1.1. Fiat currency is basically government issued currency
2.1.2. Crypto currency is fully digital
2.2. How fiat currency is constantly depreciating
2.2.1. Money is always being printed
2.2.2. $1 20 years ago was worth 78c but 1 btc 20 years ago was worth $100 compared to now (64k)
2.2.3. It will eventually be abandoned
2.3. How fiat currency is controlled by the government
2.3.1. Whereas fiat currency is decentralised
2.3.2. It can be easily manipulated by big corporations
2.3.3. Citizens are not in control
2.4. Crypto also offers more security
2.4.1. Very hard to be stolen and hacked into due to 256 bit encryption
2.4.2. Paper money can easily be stolen
2.4.3. Banks can be robbed
2.4.4. There is no central figure that controls cryptocurrency