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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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It's not a crazier idea than most of Kennedy's. Someone should do a study. Or make one up, nobody checks anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why empathy specifically? If it causes damage, then it's probably global

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I'm "trying" to link it to the recent rise of fascism. And general breakdown of society.

You have a point though, a rise in stupidity is part and parcel of the same phenomenon.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

recent rise of fascism

I'd look for the reasons to back when fascism has risen in the first place in early 20th century

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

I mean, we've seen plenty of authoritarianism and facism before plastic was invented, so that seems like a dubious notion