On 2019-09-15 17:03, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
I agree here. Not having an opinion is just how badness continues to
flourish.
For example the rise of the Nazis was largely facilitated by the large
number of people who just didn’t have any opinion on atrocities as
long as they had a strong government and well functioning
infrastructure.
--srs
I agree that "not having an opinion" on some issues — those that involve
human actions that affect many people in significant ways (including for
example, their being kidnapped, tortured, and murdered) (and for which,
furthermore, facts are not difficult to obtain by people who look for
them in good faith)(and doubly furthermore for people whose opinions and
actions on said issues have actual consequences) — for example Nazism —
and in particular, the position of not having an opinion on it *when
taken by citizens of 1930's and 1940's Germany* (and the USA today) — is
a cowardly cop-out and abrogation of a moral responsibility.
But in my opinion that's not the same thing as not having an opinion on
how much culpability Joi Ito had in the matter of Jeffrey Epstein &
MIT's Media Lab.
jrs
