infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIf you're right through manipulation (propaganda, marketing, etc), are you really right?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareIf you're right through manipulation (propaganda, marketing, etc), are you really right?infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days ago“If you believe murder is wrong because society told you murder is wrong, is murder really wrong?”
minus-squareThe summer blues...@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoHitler got many people to believe that murder is right when it’s done to specific people. Did that make it right? Of course not.
minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoI think every nation offers that argument, not just Hitler.
minus-squareOceanSoap@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoVery true, we murder people all the time in the US when they do something horrific enough for us to dole out that punishment. Lots of everyday people are convinced it’s okay to do so.
“If you believe murder is wrong because society told you murder is wrong, is murder really wrong?”
Hitler got many people to believe that murder is right when it’s done to specific people. Did that make it right? Of course not.
I think every nation offers that argument, not just Hitler.
Very true, we murder people all the time in the US when they do something horrific enough for us to dole out that punishment. Lots of everyday people are convinced it’s okay to do so.