Comment by pipeline_peak
2 years ago
In before this gets flagged /massively downvoted.
If you don’t explain your intentions it comes off as brainwashing the viewer. Because otherwise they’re just mindlessly taking in whatever you’re telling them.
So what are we supposed to take from this?
It's not clear but I think what it's signaling is a progressive ideal of taking ownership over the collective good / a rehabilitation mindset towards crime vs a punishment, based on the following that's meant to get the viewer to empathize with "failure" as an adult is due to factors beyond just personal responsibility.
> When we're young, we have so little control over their lives [...] Then we turn 18 and we're expected to be "adults" and figure things out. > > If we fail, we are punished. > > We are blamed for not going to college [...]
In case readers aren't familiar with The Pudding, they sometimes have an angle but are just as often interesting data explorations aimed at their intellectually curious audience. I don't think they need to have an agenda for every piece, although I understand the suspicion for people not familiar with their work.
https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=pudding.cool
>If you don’t explain your intentions it comes off as brainwashing the viewer.
Sorry, what?