Angel Investor Naval Ravikant Says Those Who Want to Censor Code, Speech, and Money Are Bad People
Naval: Those Who Want to Censor Are Bad People
Angel investor Naval Ravikant stated that those who want to censor code, speech, and money are bad people.
Source: Public Information
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Naval Ravikant has long advocated for decentralization and personal sovereignty through AngelList and public writing, criticizing government and platform overreach into speech, code, and finance. His views are reflected in "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant" and various podcasts, emphasizing that free markets and open systems are superior to control.
In terms of capital, he focuses his investments on crypto, open-source, and decentralized projects, motivated by the desire to reduce centralized control risks by supporting anti-censorship technologies, allowing individuals and entrepreneurs to retain autonomy over code, speech, and the flow of funds.
Similar cases can be seen in the early internet's open protocols fighting against telecom monopolies, and the challenges to traditional currency censorship posed by Bitcoin. Currently, there is a shift in censorship pressure extending from content to code and financial tools.
The structural judgment reflects regulatory changes: the intent to censor directly raises control costs, with the mechanism being to place code, speech, and money under the same restrictive framework, ultimately weakening competition and innovation speed, while reinforcing the dominance of incumbents over the flow of information and value.
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The essence of censorship is controlling entry points
Freedom is sacrificed before order
Those who seek to limit flow lose trust first