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It's all probably just a sign of the shifting attitudes in the past few generations. Public is shifting away from liberalism in favor of popularity, and away fr
by cblconfederate 5y ago
It's all probably just a sign of the shifting attitudes in the past few generations. Public is shifting away from liberalism in favor of popularity, and away from the christian-atheist value of forgiveness in favor of block-lists. The digital world has definitely played a part here - block lists were not possible in the analog world which forced people to reevaluate each other even if they still found each other abhorrent. But this is probably the new normal, which inevitably means erosion of collective institutions in favor of atomized ones. This will never be fixed, the mob behavior is here endemic, as there is no force rolling it back. What will happen is probably a fracturing of public opinion (and democracy itself) into separate, safe but insulated bubbles.
- Ar-Curunir 5y agoWhat nonsense. "Christianity" has been the cause for many, many abhorrent crimes throughout history. Also, what is "Christianity" if not a big cult fueled by populism?
- cblconfederate 5y agointeresting that a single word evokes such response. As an atheist i always found the principle of forgiveness rather peculiar as it's not natural to humans, but i guess it's one of the many reasons of its quick success before it became the roman religion. In fact i don't think any historians considers the quick early spread of christianity was due to mob behavior. OTOH, any religion can be described as big cult fueled by popular lies.
- VelkaMorava 5y ago> of forgiveness in favor of block-lists. ...of forgiveness in favor of blacklists. Fixed that for you.