alt Hacker NewsThis argument has a problem:
> They say, ‘It’s not so bad’ or ‘You’re seeing things’ or ‘You’re an alarmist.’
It provides no way to distinguish between when the thing is happening and when it isn't. If people say you're an alarmist, by what mechanism do you evaluate whether they're correct?
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saubeidl • last Saturday at 9:37 AM
And that is exactly the mechanism through which fascist regimes keep resistance down and dissenters in a state of self-doubt.
People like the guy accusing me of being "hyper-propagandized" knowingly weaponize this uncertainty to become willing enablers.
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Which is just as true of the argument
> Probably because you've seen it repeated so much in your hyper-propaganda bubble of reddit that you've started to believe it