alt Hacker NewsFor at least a few years, "common sense" has been hijacked by populist politicians, now it just means whatever simplistic idea that fits their worldview, even when it's not complicated to see that said idea is clearly misguided. The original meaning seems lost to me.
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throwaway27448 • today at 1:14 PM
That was the original meaning dating back to thomas paine. It is a term impossible to deploy in good faith.
ben_w • today at 12:49 PM
Always meant that, so far as I can see.
Furthermore, using the phrase “common sense” to describe an idea inherently dismisses any individual that will argue against it. They either are too dumb to have common sense, or too much of an elite to have common sense.