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Why are some people defending billionaires and corporations? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by DependentFeature3028@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] Kynsey@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ironically American Revolutionary Thomas Paine in his Common Sense said something that explains this quite well, "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right,[...] Time makes more converts than reason."

[–] Juice@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

I gotta read some Paine, great quote. I keep having conversations about how society changes today, hopefully it isn't just a local phenomenon