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rvnx 4 days ago

Still concerning that there is a Ministry of Truth.

The good solution would be the educate the population about critical thinking, and to use their brain when they see information.

If you just censor things, you hide the real problems, and end up with dumb people without critical judgment (or no access to information).

simonask 4 days ago | parent [-]

They do educate people to do that already. But the power of narrative is much stronger than the motivation to do the actual work of checking your sources.

It’s very easy to convince anyone to support your cause. Just tell them they are the real victims, that they have been deprived of their rightful privilege, and that it is someone else’s fault. Give them undue credit, take away their inconvenient responsibilities. I promise you, they will have zero motivation to uncover your lies.

We have a collective responsibility to protect the truth - the actual, messy, complicated, real-life truth.