There's a lot of dishonesty and insincerity in today's world and there most likely always has been. — creativesoul
By the way...
I, for one, most certainly do not talk about 'a search for truth', although I can understand why some others do... — creativesoul
It used to be the case that the evidence currently at hand would be more than sufficient to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that one Paul Manafort was/is a Russian operative.
That may still be the case.
If it is not, then nothing would.
Those that view the evidence and arrive at any other conclusion are the ones required to justify that conclusion, for the evidence speaks for itself, bearing witness to the contrary.
A much larger portion of the human population used to want to 'know the truth'. Intuitively, the reason why is obvious. Now, many would rather not know. Others don't care about all that, because they believe that they'll be fine without knowing it. Some know but do not want others to know, etc, etc...
However, it is a post truth world, because dishonesty and insincerity used to be much more widely considered unacceptable. Monetary corruption in government used to be considered unacceptable. Politicians lying used to be considered unacceptable. News media peddling known falsehoods used to be considered unacceptable. Elected officials deliberately peddling known falsehoods used to be considered unacceptable.
Yes precisely. So how are we to square with this blatant self-contradiction?He clearly felt his was not just one perspective among many possible ones, but that it was much more aligned with truth than others (e.g. Platonic, Christian, socialist, etc.). — Erik
What would that metaphysical notion be?This doesn't make much sense (to me) without anchoring it in some metaphysical notion of reality which is distorted by those illusory perspectives. — Erik
The Sanders/Progressive movement >:O >:O >:OThe Sanders/Progressive movement is another indicator this hasn't happened as people are rejecting corrupt, corporate politics as usual and are demanding integrity and commitment to working for Americans from their elected officials — Thanatos Sand
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