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>This all sounds good, but if I assert that the earth is flat on Facebook why shouldn't that simply be labelled false so others can avoid wasting their time try
by HideousKojima 5y ago
>This all sounds good, but if I assert that the earth is flat on Facebook why shouldn't that simply be labelled false so others can avoid wasting their time trying to refute a ridiculous assertion?
The issue is I don't agree with all that. Who cares if crazies share flat earth theories on Facebook? You either trust your fellow humans to be able to think critically, or you don't. And if you don't, then why do you trust them with power of life and death over you via the state and voting?
- themitigating 5y agoBecause other lies are dangerous and I don't trust people to think critically. We also don't have a direct democracy and maybe that's what saves us most of the time.
- HideousKojima 5y ago>Because other lies are dangerous And who has power/moral authority/whatever to decide that? There's no answer to that that doesn't lead to tyranny
- ospzfmbbzr 5y ago>>Because other lies are dangerous >And who has power/moral authority/whatever to decide that? There's no answer to that that doesn't lead to tyranny HideousKojima you just have to understand it from the correct perspective though... his. He would wield the ring of power for 'good' so it's ok. Not like those 'others'! Just trust him!
- adjkant 5y agoThere are solutions here that aren't predicated on that decision, such as shutting down the dangerous avenue to all data equally (though that would break the Facebook ad machine). The point that a lie in this context can be societally dangerous is still very relevant. Next up is the frequency / commonality of these dangerous lies.
- valvar 5y agoYes, just look at the terrible state of Switzerland.
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