Leaked document: EU Presidency calls for massive internet filtering
China’s example is massive.<p>China’s success has proven that countries <i>can</i> succeed without  adopting western liberal freedoms. In fact, success adopting only a small subset of economic and personal freedoms, and none of the political freedoms. The economy is good, the state is stable..<p>Proof of concept for non-liberal systems.<p>This means freedoms need to be argued for on their own merits. Free speech for its own sake. No censorship for its own sake. etc.<p>Much harder. Much more prone to compromise and erosion.