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this kind of cynicism is malignant

• chii 7mo ago
  but you don't deny there's some element of truth to it tho?
• mcmcmc 7mo ago
  See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption.
  • cowpig 7mo ago
    The statement that "this is how it works, it's completely corrupt" is what enables the corruption. It is only through the collective demand that systems serve us that they can be aligned. If you believe that the system is corrupt then your decisionmaking function will conclude that taking action to demand systems serve you is useless. But it's only useless if we collectively believe it is useless. This is what I mean when I say that cynicism is malignant. The more people believe it, the more true it is.
    • mcmcmc 7mo ago
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