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I actually think this is a good sign. I'd rather live in a world where social norms relax to take into account the loss of privacy and anonymity. The ideal worl
by Bakary 6y ago
I actually think this is a good sign. I'd rather live in a world where social norms relax to take into account the loss of privacy and anonymity. The ideal world would be one with those two things still intact, but I guess that ship has long sailed...
The unexpected Trump era served to speed this up, which is probably one of the few silver linings it has. Remember the debates about whether future politicians could be blackmailed on account of what they posted online in their youth? A Boomer of all people just dove right in and bypassed that.
- laurent92 6y agoIt is a bit like saying ex-nazis could still have economic leadership after the war, saying “tsallright, everyone did it”. For all we know, social rules didn’t relax around their usage after the war, “collabo” were chased all around the world. Although you are correct that a lot of people with a shaddy past succeeded to have it forgotten, thanks to a lot of pardons after the war.
- Bakary 6y agoI get your point but don't you agree that it's overall better for sexual mores to be freer, eccentric opinions and lifestyles to be less costly (not talking about politics exclusively here), and so on? The reductio ad nazium isn't a full stop to the discussion