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You're inverting my point. I was saying that the narrative of a single truth was western propaganda and that the world is more nuanced than that. There's many
by saubeidl 1y ago
You're inverting my point.
I was saying that the narrative of a single truth was western propaganda and that the world is more nuanced than that.
There's many truths. That simple dichotomy "truth vs propaganda" is a staple of the western approach to propaganda.
- wiseowise 1y agoI have an exercise for you: One country illegally occupies quarter of another country in 2014 and launches full blown invasion in 2022. Question: how many truths are there?
- saubeidl 1y agoIt depends on your ideology. If you believe in international law, sovereignty and self-determination of peoples, as I do, you will have a different truth than if you believe in dominionism, might makes right, panslavism and historical revisionism as the majority of the Russian population does. That's exactly my point, your truth is a reflection of your world view and your ideology. It is silly to assume one's truth as universal and doing so kills all nuance.
- wiseowise 1y agoPhilosophical ramblings are irrelevant when it comes to international law.
- saubeidl 1y agoInternational law is irrelevant when it comes to people's perception of truth.
- wiseowise 1y agoSo the only truth is people's perception of truth?
- saubeidl 1y agoYes. As humans are inherently ideological and subjective beings, that is all we will ever have.
- wiseowise 1y agoSo killing you is not an inherently immoral act and should be justified under someone's ideological standpoint?
- saubeidl 1y agoThe morality of killing, as everything else, is a question of ideology. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers_are_murderers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers_are_murderers for a famous debate on this subject.