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The more abstract the problem the less people care. Police suffocating someone to death > 1,000,000 people being subtly spied on. "I got nothing to hide" after
by quickthrower2 6y ago
The more abstract the problem the less people care. Police suffocating someone to death > 1,000,000 people being subtly spied on. "I got nothing to hide" after all.
- walrus01 6y agoThe farther away and more abstract the problem, it's absolutely more difficult to get people to care. Trying to get Americans to care about what's going on with prison camps in Xinjiang province right now is difficult, if not impossible, outside of the subset of people who deeply care about the issues involved.
- tekknik 6y agoIn this specific example say we do care, then what? What will it change? (Not theoretical change, actual change)
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago> "I got nothing to hide" after all But that's a thoroughly discredited argument. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21416115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21416115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21923548 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21923548
- quickthrower2 6y agoSorry that’s a /s
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoAh, got it :-P