Taylan (Kemalist Turkish Cat) on Nostr: > to say that people are brainwashed is placing yourself above them as someone who ...
> to say that people are brainwashed is placing yourself above them as someone who knows better what to do with their lives than they do.
Yes. It's also called having an opinion.
> anyone in control of their mental facilities can do how they please as long as they don't harm others.
Right, and I choose to critically analyze our culture and point out that there are deeply wrong mentalities in it leading to people believing in bullshit and making bad choices. :^)
Jokes aside, it does do harm to others when people join a certain mentality and that mentality is harmful, because they're normalizing it and leading to other people adopting the same mentality.
Yes. It's also called having an opinion.
> anyone in control of their mental facilities can do how they please as long as they don't harm others.
Right, and I choose to critically analyze our culture and point out that there are deeply wrong mentalities in it leading to people believing in bullshit and making bad choices. :^)
Jokes aside, it does do harm to others when people join a certain mentality and that mentality is harmful, because they're normalizing it and leading to other people adopting the same mentality.