Aral BalkanDec 29

Funny how folks in the West will debate the ethics of going back in time to kill baby Hitler whenever the topic of time travel comes up but no one ever considers going back to stop colonialism.

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Show threadJonathan SchofieldDec 29

@aral the flip side of ‘great man’ theory is much easier to process than Susan Sontag’s

“10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.”

Show threadL'égrégore André ꕭꕬ
@urlyman @aral Dr. Bob Altemeyer expanded on that with his research and showed that ~20% are authoritarian, ~20% are anti-authoritarian and the rest are swayable.
So about half of the authoritarians are cruel with the rest going along because "unfortunate, but necessary 🤷‍♂️ ".
Dec 29 at 10:29amWeb