It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Mark Twain nailed it. The moderator kept conflating repeating information, believing it to be true and lying. She would not allow the idea that people acting in good faith could be duped by a supposedly authoritative source into doing massive harm.
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Mark Twain nailed it. The moderator kept conflating repeating information, believing it to be true and lying. She would not allow the idea that people acting in good faith could be duped by a supposedly authoritative source into doing massive harm.
How did every far leftist on reddit suddenly become blindly obedient to any old crap produced by big pharma?
I would have thought the companies making billions and paying NOTHING for everyone they damage would get zero support.
But every reddit thread has blind support- did they really ban anyone who questioned it?
They were all spineless sheep that just follow whatever the current position of their party is.
War is bad, if Bush does it -> Dems do it: OMG, I stand with Ukraine.
Bombing the Middle East or SomeFuckingstand, bad, if Republicans do it -> Dems do it: OMG, bring democracy to Syria!
Vaccines are sus and cause autism -> Dems enforce them: OMG, if you don't get your 8 COVID shots you are a Nazi!
METOO! Trump is a rapist ("Grab them by the pussy") -> Hunter fucks underage prostitutes. Biden finger bangs Tara Reade. Crickets.
Science!! Are you on the side of science???
How can you be on the side of something that's completely blackboxed and you don't understand at all?
It might be easiest to convince people that they've never been fooled.
Easiest of all: they can't be fooled.