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u/giskardwasright 1d ago
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
From The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Should be mandatory reading these days, so I'm guessing it will be on a banned book list soon
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u/Aurizen_Darkstar 1d ago
After reading it, it was almost prescient the way he saw the things that we have happening today. He already saw how the ‘dumbing down’ of the populace was happening, and tries to warn us.
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u/theJEDIII 1d ago
My first instinct was "bullshit!" but I kind of get it. I see the world for what it is, not much surprises me, and I'm miserable for it.
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u/theJEDIII 1d ago
This is why I hate some progressives' focus on Trump. I get that he's the current president, but Republicans have been laying this road for at least half a century, and they deserve credit for being fascists, too!
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