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People hunger for simple good-guy/bad-guy narratives to help make sense of a complex world, and there are many charlatans eager to serve up a big ol’ helping of
by jl6 3y ago
People hunger for simple good-guy/bad-guy narratives to help make sense of a complex world, and there are many charlatans eager to serve up a big ol’ helping of simplicity that just happens to suit their interests.
- gishbunker 3y agoStealing food from a nation, resulting in millions of deaths, is a pretty clear "bad guy" move. There are plenty of clear cut bad guy moments in history, falsely equivocating and saying "it's complicated" is a way to undermine critique.