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I'm not saying it's right. I'm saying it's effective. If you say the right thing but people still do the wrong thing... who cares? If you say the wrong thing
by corodra 7y ago
I'm not saying it's right.
I'm saying it's effective.
If you say the right thing but people still do the wrong thing... who cares?
If you say the wrong thing, but people do the right thing, is that bad?
- prepend 7y agoIs it effective? I think there’s some confounding factors involved. For all we know the narrative made it worse and kept us on oil longer because companies tried to pump faster and drove prices down.
- kbutler 7y agoIf you say the wrong thing, and people call you on it, and you demonize them and call up the mobs against them for it, then yes, it's bad.
- bumby 7y agoThe "ends justify the means" mentality has been the cause of many (most?) atrocities in history because it takes the assumption that one side just knows what's right without being able to recognize our own fallibility