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"It's 2024" isn't an argument, an explanation, or a justification. It's saying "I'm on the right side, the side that history is moving toward, and if you disag
by AnimalMuppet 3y ago
"It's 2024" isn't an argument, an explanation, or a justification. It's saying "I'm on the right side, the side that history is moving toward, and if you disagree with me, then you're not". That works great for smugness, and it may move the go-the-way-the-wind's-blowing types, but it doesn't persuade very many people.
I could just as easily say: "It's 2024. Why not just ban "approved commercial providers" already?" Notice how that didn't change your mind?
If you've got anything to support your position, give that, rather than the year. We know what year it is; that doesn't make us agree with the rest of what you say.
- henriquez 3y agoYou’re correct. The whole point of saying “it’s [current_year]” is to a) imply consensus without providing justification, and b) imply that anyone either in _disagreement_ or _just wanting additional information_ is “backwards thinking,” and thus potentially a low social credit-scorer. Those in the latter category are discouraged from speaking up lest they violate the consensus implied in a) and those in the former category are pitiably irredeemable. That is also why I won’t provide justification. Also because my post was written as satire.