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Reminds me of this: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
by kareemm 7y ago
Reminds me of this: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
- mrguyorama 7y agoI'm starting to really dislike that quote, because these people absolutely understand, they just don't care because it doesn't affect them directly.
- yourbandsucks 7y agoDisagree. People rationalize. Change the motivations and you get a different sincerely held rationalization. Look at TFA. Decades of a top US ally being a human rights disaster, noone in the media cared. Until one journalist is killed..
- chewbacha 7y ago“It’s difficult to get a person to care about something when their salary depends on not caring about it” Updated it for you ;)
- tim333 7y agoI think Upton Sinclair assumed roughly that but was being a little sarcastic. In practice the people often do care and will go to great efforts to avoid the truth to further their own interests.