3 ms·
> The inability for intelligent people to frame their policies and positions in ways very stupid simple people can understand "disease very bad. disease may ki
by yongjik 1y ago
> The inability for intelligent people to frame their policies and positions in ways very stupid simple people can understand
"disease very bad. disease may kill. inject this. you less likely to get disease."
=> "How dare you infringe upon my bodily freedom!"
Realistically, how farther down can we dumb things from here?
- michaelmrose 1y agoYou can't people that stupid shouldn't actually get a vote in the matter.
- itsanaccount 1y agoand when you get to this point, you show your true colors and the dumbest, meanest animal is still gonna recognize your nature. you have to respect people, you have to care about their agency even to their detriment or else who are you saving?
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- CamperBob2 1y agoor else who are you saving? Civilization.
- itsanaccount 1y agolol buddy look who's in power right now. you ain't doing a good job of that.
- jiggawatts 1y ago> "disease very bad. disease may kill. inject this. you less likely to get disease." The actual argument is that by everyone getting injected, society as a whole crosses a threshold where viruses fail to spread exponentially and don't cause pandemics. It's a more nuanced, more complex reason that some (incredibly selfish) people are just unable to grasp. "Why would I ever a tiny personal risk to stop other people getting sick!?" was a very common argument during the COVID pandemic.
- senectus1 1y ago>"Why would I ever a tiny personal risk to stop other people getting sick!?" was a very common argument during the COVID pandemic. its a very american take, but unfortunately that particular mind virus has spread very far and wide