Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview with Noam Chomsky

Re:Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview with Noam Chomsky by luckylion on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @01:10PM (#21272762)

I guess that would quickly end up being a judgement call, since there are barely any things that aren't connected to other things, so mentioning a single fact without mentioning the others could be said to be deliberately ignoring the other.

And since we typically vote on our shared expectations, "no false claims" would probably mean everybody has to shut up. That might be a good thing, I don't know. I don't believe in the power of elections to bring about change (whatever party wins will have very little room for maneuvering), so maybe removing the loud and divisive parts of them might be helpful. Basically: if they don't help, we can at least make them less harmful.

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Re:Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview with Noam Chomsky by tempguy9999 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:23PM (#21273631)

Lies are lies. Some are more evident than others. This was blatant. If you do not care about facts and truth then don't complain about the world you're allowing to be created by liars. Don't complain about shoddy products sold as good quality, don't expect contracts to mean anything, don't complain when politicians are dishonest. Do expect a race to the bottom, that bottom being a very ugly place.

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