/pol/ is an anonymous image board about politics. everyone is equally offended here, there are no biases. when you attack /pol/, you attack free speech itself. the reason the board is anonymous is to prevent one voice from becoming louder or more important than another, as well as always being treated impartially before they speak. ones presence is acknowledged through the sheer merit and validity of their contribution to the discussion. this is the highest standard for egalitarianism, is it not?  i could imagine that an entrenched and controlling group of persons in a society would not like this idea, especially when they are endlessly trying to herd the masses via media, smartphones and surveillance. i mean who needs an rfid chip, when you can have the masses each carry around a small computer with video and audio? 4chan is everyone's voice (and there are the usual suspects that want to derail any intelligent public discourse), it is a place in which thoughts are not only finished, but expounded upon and refined. crowd-sourced solutions that generally tend to work for the greater good.
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