I'm very bored. Ask me anything you want. Are we even allowed to do this kind of post?
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I don't believe this theory, no one can convince you to do something you don't want to.
Here's a ridiculous example, but it proves the point.
If the whole world media told people that incest was good, would people start screwing their siblings?
Give it time. It's an angle being worked.
Granted, I think we're going to reset things before we get to that point, but no bridge seems too far.
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This should be addressed. You're not looking at this correctly. We all want to do terrible things, at least at some level. That's human nature. The issue arises when society (or at least the perception of society) gives you license for your terrible desires.
Given enough time, almost certainly they would. Our behavior is shaped by social norms, which the media has a big part in shaping. Human nature isn’t as set in stone as you seem to think. In Ancient Greece, buttfucking little boys was the norm.
There were a few diseases known "aristocratic diseases" that were the result of royalties preference for marrying their own cousins.
Not as far off as you might think.
Well, that's different. That was more their disdain for the peasants.
The disdain for the peasants which was highly encouraged by their social group?
Sounds like the same thing that's actually happening to me.