Libel Laws

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Lenient but not abolished. Libel is a violent manipulation of capital that is quite capable of restricting the extent to which a person can make practical use of their rights and liberties in pursuit of meaningful, long-term satisfaction with life. Libel in a well-arranged socialist system would be less threatening to the victim, however, as they would still have secure access to all their basic material needs regardless of whether the stigma wrongly assigned to them by other people severely impacts their ability to get income. What holds me back from wanting these laws strengthened is concern as to how corrupt, powerful interests could abuse them.