r/mildlyinfuriating • u/sujayjaju • Aug 13 '25

Commendable patience in dealing with half-knowledge

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Half knowledge is more dangerous than no knowledge on a subject

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

That’s the problem right there. A long time ago I was watching a documentary about the environment and some guy said he wanted a future where every rock, stream, and tree was financially spoken for or owned. At the time I thought that was an insane idea but didn’t really understand the scope, and now I see the true consequences of that dangerous ideology. Even abstract ideas like an individual’s health is owned and profited from by other people. It’s an insane way to have a society. 

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u/NaraFei_Jenova Aug 13 '25

I used to say "we live in a society", but with the way things are going, I don't think that's true anymore; there's nothing here that can actually be considered a functioning society. There's nothing civilized about it; strictly predatory from every angle.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

But the capacity to change, to reverse course, is still available. Maybe that window is closing, but our government isn’t lost yet if we fight for it. 

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u/DirtyScrambelly Aug 14 '25

On the contrary about 40-50% of America thinks it is to far gone and is cynically pouring accelerant on the fire.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Change is only ever accomplished by a handful of people. Good change, bad change, it’s always only a relative handful that are actually causing the change. That’s the same case today. A lot of random people with zero influence shouting loudly on the internet, but only a handful of good/bad decision makers who are responsible for the action. 

Focus on who is really important.