I do not think that the banks of a river suffer because they let the river flow nor does the sun suffer for letting the moon use its light to light the darkness it leaves behind as it sets down. The progression of a society through knowledge and truth can only be achieved vide freedom of thought, conscience,speech and expression as well as democratisation of ideas without which we wouldn't know when we are mistaken nor would we be able to question our worldviews,our epistemology, ontology,, cosmology, axiology teleology, praxeology...name it. In essence we would be living an unexamined life which as per Socrates it's not worth living