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Remember when lying could get you in trouble? Lying has become normalized to such an extent that reality is unknowable. Just listen to any regime press confere
by FrustratedMonky 8mo ago
Remember when lying could get you in trouble?
Lying has become normalized to such an extent that reality is unknowable. Just listen to any regime press conference on any day. Just pick any random day and listen.
The hyperreal is here.
- salemh 8mo ago[dead]
- khalic 8mo agoOh don’t forget that calling someone a lier is consider off limits too!
- CrzyLngPwd 8mo agoIt's always been this way, though. From tall tales of hunting or combat, the town crier spread propaganda from the lords to the public.
- FrustratedMonky 8mo agoJust like apples/fruit from medieval times were tart and sour and full of seeds, and through generations of selective breeding are now super sweet and not necessarily still good for you. The old town crier is very removed from todays social media. Yes, a newspaper from 1800's was pretty biased. But does that justify todays hyper targeted algorithms as a-ok? That something happened in the past is not a good argument that it is a-ok today.
- hrimfaxi 8mo agoThe argument wasn't "this is okay", the argument was "your past where the liars were punished never was". > Remember when lying could get you in trouble? > It's always been this way, though.
- FrustratedMonky 8mo agoContempt of court is a thing. Lying under oath is a thing. This did exist. Testifying to Congress under oath, lying did use to have penalties.
- CrzyLngPwd 8mo agoBut rarely for the rich and powerful, only for us little people.
- deleted 8mo ago[deleted]
- CrzyLngPwd 8mo agoI never said it was okay; it's just not new.
- FrustratedMonky 8mo agoGot it. Perhaps I read too much into your comment. Since I have seen a lot of people use the argument "old newspapers were biased, thus social media is ok".
- CrzyLngPwd 8mo agoWhy the fuck are there downvotes?
- FrustratedMonky 8mo agonot from me.
- Kenji 8mo ago[dead]