> In a free society, we don't need state-run media. I think this is a kind of time-sequence fallacy which I've seen before on HN. It's not that "we don't," but

> In a free society, we don't need state-run media. I think this is a kind of time-sequence fallacy which I've seen before on HN. It's not that "we don't," but that, perhaps, "we wouldn't." E.g., I study the pieces still standing in famous checkmate positions and decide to start the game using only those pieces. Bad strategy.