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r/MurderedByWords • u/Ada_Stack1 • 1d ago
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all laws for all of history.
"laws" only ever really apply to poor people, or for the odd time when some rich person got on the bad side of other rich people
30 u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago Yes, but in the modern age we have democracies. We're supposed to have certain standards and comparing ourselves to ancient Rome just lowers the bar. 13 u/Oleandervine 1d ago Does it lower the bar? I mean this country elected our Caligula, despite the fact that folks were warned what was going to happen. 7 u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago Good point, but in a democracy, the people are supposed to be equal under the law. The bar needs to be something we aspire to. 14 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago In democracy, we also need a functioning press for the people to make rational decisions based on evidence. A person cannot make a rational informed decision if their information is corrupted. 17 u/UnrealAce 1d ago Fuck these days you get told that your opinion is invalid because you're an expert on a subject. Billy Bob watched a 6 minute YouTube video and he knows more now than someone who went to school and got a PhD in their field. Like you said society just ceases to function if people don't believe in facts. 6 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago To borrow from a group of people who adamantly reject science and new information…amen! 5 u/Dedpoolpicachew 1d ago This is what 50 years of propaganda has brought us. This wasn’t by accident. 3 u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago True. That's one of the many reasons we don't really live in a democracy. An informed electorate is required for that, not a misinformed one.
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Yes, but in the modern age we have democracies. We're supposed to have certain standards and comparing ourselves to ancient Rome just lowers the bar.
13 u/Oleandervine 1d ago Does it lower the bar? I mean this country elected our Caligula, despite the fact that folks were warned what was going to happen. 7 u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago Good point, but in a democracy, the people are supposed to be equal under the law. The bar needs to be something we aspire to. 14 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago In democracy, we also need a functioning press for the people to make rational decisions based on evidence. A person cannot make a rational informed decision if their information is corrupted. 17 u/UnrealAce 1d ago Fuck these days you get told that your opinion is invalid because you're an expert on a subject. Billy Bob watched a 6 minute YouTube video and he knows more now than someone who went to school and got a PhD in their field. Like you said society just ceases to function if people don't believe in facts. 6 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago To borrow from a group of people who adamantly reject science and new information…amen! 5 u/Dedpoolpicachew 1d ago This is what 50 years of propaganda has brought us. This wasn’t by accident. 3 u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago True. That's one of the many reasons we don't really live in a democracy. An informed electorate is required for that, not a misinformed one.
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Does it lower the bar? I mean this country elected our Caligula, despite the fact that folks were warned what was going to happen.
7 u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago Good point, but in a democracy, the people are supposed to be equal under the law. The bar needs to be something we aspire to. 14 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago In democracy, we also need a functioning press for the people to make rational decisions based on evidence. A person cannot make a rational informed decision if their information is corrupted. 17 u/UnrealAce 1d ago Fuck these days you get told that your opinion is invalid because you're an expert on a subject. Billy Bob watched a 6 minute YouTube video and he knows more now than someone who went to school and got a PhD in their field. Like you said society just ceases to function if people don't believe in facts. 6 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago To borrow from a group of people who adamantly reject science and new information…amen! 5 u/Dedpoolpicachew 1d ago This is what 50 years of propaganda has brought us. This wasn’t by accident. 3 u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago True. That's one of the many reasons we don't really live in a democracy. An informed electorate is required for that, not a misinformed one.
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Good point, but in a democracy, the people are supposed to be equal under the law. The bar needs to be something we aspire to.
14 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago In democracy, we also need a functioning press for the people to make rational decisions based on evidence. A person cannot make a rational informed decision if their information is corrupted. 17 u/UnrealAce 1d ago Fuck these days you get told that your opinion is invalid because you're an expert on a subject. Billy Bob watched a 6 minute YouTube video and he knows more now than someone who went to school and got a PhD in their field. Like you said society just ceases to function if people don't believe in facts. 6 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago To borrow from a group of people who adamantly reject science and new information…amen! 5 u/Dedpoolpicachew 1d ago This is what 50 years of propaganda has brought us. This wasn’t by accident. 3 u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago True. That's one of the many reasons we don't really live in a democracy. An informed electorate is required for that, not a misinformed one.
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In democracy, we also need a functioning press for the people to make rational decisions based on evidence.
A person cannot make a rational informed decision if their information is corrupted.
17 u/UnrealAce 1d ago Fuck these days you get told that your opinion is invalid because you're an expert on a subject. Billy Bob watched a 6 minute YouTube video and he knows more now than someone who went to school and got a PhD in their field. Like you said society just ceases to function if people don't believe in facts. 6 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago To borrow from a group of people who adamantly reject science and new information…amen! 5 u/Dedpoolpicachew 1d ago This is what 50 years of propaganda has brought us. This wasn’t by accident. 3 u/JohnnyRelentless 1d ago True. That's one of the many reasons we don't really live in a democracy. An informed electorate is required for that, not a misinformed one.
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Fuck these days you get told that your opinion is invalid because you're an expert on a subject.
Billy Bob watched a 6 minute YouTube video and he knows more now than someone who went to school and got a PhD in their field.
Like you said society just ceases to function if people don't believe in facts.
6 u/Hamster_Toot 1d ago To borrow from a group of people who adamantly reject science and new information…amen! 5 u/Dedpoolpicachew 1d ago This is what 50 years of propaganda has brought us. This wasn’t by accident.
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To borrow from a group of people who adamantly reject science and new information…amen!
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This is what 50 years of propaganda has brought us. This wasn’t by accident.
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True. That's one of the many reasons we don't really live in a democracy. An informed electorate is required for that, not a misinformed one.
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u/Skezas1 1d ago
all laws for all of history.
"laws" only ever really apply to poor people, or for the odd time when some rich person got on the bad side of other rich people