Re:Congratulations You’ve Been Fired
by haberman on Saturday April 09, 2016 @11:06PM
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Opinions are not the same as representations of others' ideas.
If I say "I like capitalism," that is my opinion.
If I say "Karl Marx likes capitalism," that is a misrepresentation of someone else's ideas.
If I say "Karl Marx likes oppressive authoritarian regimes" because every country implementing communism has pretty much turned out that way, that's pretty much misrepresenting someone else's ideas too.
If I say "I like capitalism," that is my opinion.
If I say "Karl Marx likes capitalism," that is a misrepresentation of someone else's ideas.
If I say "Karl Marx likes oppressive authoritarian regimes" because every country implementing communism has pretty much turned out that way, that's pretty much misrepresenting someone else's ideas too.