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A very important fallacy to remember is the just world hypothesis. A thriving civilization brought democracy, the republic and free speech which allowed many i
by jokoon 5y ago
A very important fallacy to remember is the just world hypothesis.
A thriving civilization brought democracy, the republic and free speech which allowed many improvements in society.
But civilization has improved so much, and religion has really taught us the world should be fair, we still have good vs evil ingrained in our thought system.
Evil is completely natural, so you can't bring progress if people refuse to investigate where there's evil.
When people are really able to understand the world is unfair by definition, and that fairness is the exception and not the rule, everything becomes much easier.
- imtringued 5y agoThe "Just-world hypothesis" is a fallacy on the individual level. On a societal level it is pretty close to the truth though. People want an unfair society and that is what they get, ironic isn't it? It should be renamed justly unjust world hypothesis.
- thibran 5y ago> religion has really taught us the world should be fair... Religion has taught us that a claim without evidence leads to suffering, oppression and mass murder.