> *I have come to the conclusion* that there is no way a layman understand the truth about current events. So it is best to not at all be aware of any current events as reported by the media or popular opinion.
That is a conclusion that is arrived over course over long time and many experiences/thought. It is not a news or blog article I read once and made me conclude it.
Have you considered that maybe most of the posters on this website weren't born yesterday and have also spent a lifetime absorbing facts from many sources and experiences?
There may have been a time when most people on the Internet were in their teens and early twenties, but I don't think that has been true for a long time.
I think it's still the case, especially during summer. People get busy and less interested in online bs once they graduate high school or college. I've noticed, someone mentions their age here and it skews younger pretty often.
> *I have come to the conclusion* that there is no way a layman understand the truth about current events. So it is best to not at all be aware of any current events as reported by the media or popular opinion.
That is a conclusion that is arrived over course over long time and many experiences/thought. It is not a news or blog article I read once and made me conclude it.
Have you considered that maybe most of the posters on this website weren't born yesterday and have also spent a lifetime absorbing facts from many sources and experiences?
In fact most people have, in some way.
Most of the posters in this website are teenagers or in their early twenties. Let’s not be delusional here, this is still the internet.
There may have been a time when most people on the Internet were in their teens and early twenties, but I don't think that has been true for a long time.
I think it's still the case, especially during summer. People get busy and less interested in online bs once they graduate high school or college. I've noticed, someone mentions their age here and it skews younger pretty often.
I don't believe you've made a case here.
But what is your point? Can't one come to a world view that is vastly different from his contemporaries?
I think he means the conclusion you were talking about when you said "I have come to the conclusion..."
You concluded that America is not fascist.
I did not. I meant that even in the news, there is nothing to substantiate such a point of view.
Then you clearly think it is not.
ie null finding versus negative finding
Neither are a positive finding.
So you don't know whether America is fascist or not? Because you clearly presented it as if you believe America is not fascist.