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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
Idgaf anymore. I’m post-truth. I’m post-meaning. And I think those qualities are working for others. Just keep repeating it and show no shame in self-contradiction. Back on the horse again. Rinse repeat. Second verse same as the first. 1234.
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Like, I actually understand the gist of what you're saying. The firehose method of propaganda used by Putin and Trump to confuse reality by simply applying the benefit of the doubt in ways that are impossible to deal with have been used in less explicit forms exactly all of human history to make people less sure of themselves, and I can see how our using facts and logic can do the same to you in a way that is honest but in 99% of human discourse ends up with tricking the person into falling into #normal ways of thinking even when accepting those ideas didn't require falling into those ways of thinking and the people inserting facts and logic weren't even attempting to subvert free thought.
It's just the way human social behavior works. It's about conformity, not enlightenment.