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by m-i-l·2y ago·view on hn ↗
> "The moral is that a utopia where tolerance for plurality is permitted is ideologically incapable of defending itself from external threats."

See also the Paradox of tolerance[0]: "Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them."

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance