In whichever form of expression or communication, the public idiom by then manifestly had ceased to be a province of an Old American elite. It belonged to a new meritocracy. For thousands of years, they didn't have a homeland. They got kicked out of places. They had to live by their wits, so they always stressed education.
People feel threatened.
We're the smartest group of people, and yet we're the lawyers, the doctors, the bankers. We've risen to high levels in society and that's resented. All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships.