Maybe because the whole point of being conservative is not having to face real world problems, instead going back to the children's style stories of Paw Patrol and pyjama pals (this show where 3 kids in a blue, green, and pink pijama go and fight evil at night), where there's the good guys and the bad guys, and there is never any incentive for anyone to do something, because they are scared of having to face new things, and actually think outside of their own experiences, instead wanting to go back to the time they were 8 and they were booing at the TV screen every time Megatron tried to destroy the Transformer they had as toy (like when anyone tells them Cars are bad)
Europe
Europe community on dbzer0. Intended to be a place to discuss European news, politics, or just general topics from a European perspective. Since this is on dbzer0 expect the community to lean more leftist-anarchist but a wide range of views are accepted here (within reason).
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If everybody lies then nobody is worth voting for. Don't engage in the same bullshit.
Is oversimplifying lying and is lying inherently bad? Not necessarily and definitely not if you ask me, but by all means, feel free to feel otherwise.
I think it's totally ethical to simplify things to a point where you sound convincing to people who don't care about nuances to begin with. Making up random bullshit is where I draw the line.
Are Nazis eating children? Yeah, no, probably not. Do Nazis beat up innocent people? Well, not every single one of them, but if it helps me drive a point across, I can just not specify this. Will taxing the rich really solve all problems? Of course not, but a whole lot of them for sure. You get the idea.
Yes oversimplifying and lying are per definition bad and anti-democratic. I am surprised and a little terrified this even needs to be discussed. On Lemmy of all places.
Oversimplifying and merely simplifying are completely different things by the way. One is not telling the whole truth, the other tries to get the point across efficiently.
That is an opinion you are free to have
Don't expect to win a lot. Not in this and not in life in general.