infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoIf you're right through manipulation (propaganda, marketing, etc), are you really right?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down124
arrow-up1-19arrow-down1message-squareIf you're right through manipulation (propaganda, marketing, etc), are you really right?infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaregnomesaiyan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours ago“Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.” -Albert Camus
minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI doubt that final clause. Sure you can free yourself of your truths. You only need to sacrifice a bit of face, ego and maybe certainty.
minus-squaregnomesaiyan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoYeah, tell that to the racists, fascists, and other forms of assholery in the world.
minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·36 minutes agoThe world is not an action movie with clear divisions between good and bad. Keep that in mind.
“Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.” -Albert Camus
I doubt that final clause. Sure you can free yourself of your truths. You only need to sacrifice a bit of face, ego and maybe certainty.
Yeah, tell that to the racists, fascists, and other forms of assholery in the world.
The world is not an action movie with clear divisions between good and bad. Keep that in mind.