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The overwhelming majority don't have any epistemic basis for what they believe and are just saying what they think is socially-acceptable to say.
by krspykrm 6y ago
The overwhelming majority don't have any epistemic basis for what they believe and are just saying what they think is socially-acceptable to say.
- kortilla 6y agoSounds like democracy probably isn’t a good choice then.
- cies 6y agoCannot have a solid democracy without heavily educating. It's has be said before, and I will say it again. Examples: Scandinavian countries, Germany.
- shrimp_emoji 6y agoSadly, the type of people who rise to the top of corporations and democratic governments are the same who rise to the top of autocratic governments. At least, in a democracy, it seems like they're under some existential threat (as slim as that may be). In better democracies, the threat is less slim. And I think things are getting and will get better.