ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAny time you're told that the weak and vulnerable are responsible for how bad things are, rather than the rich and powerful, you're being lied tomessage-squaremessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down1107
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1message-squareAny time you're told that the weak and vulnerable are responsible for how bad things are, rather than the rich and powerful, you're being lied toArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareBlueMagma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down7·1 year agoNot necessarily. I think that lying requires intent. Someone could tell me something verifiably false without lying because they truly believe it to be true.
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoOk, so you’re being lied to by proxy
minus-squarestaindundies@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m gonna have to steal that term for my own use
Not necessarily. I think that lying requires intent. Someone could tell me something verifiably false without lying because they truly believe it to be true.
Ok, so you’re being lied to by proxy
I’m gonna have to steal that term for my own use