← Back to context Comment by cowpig 20 hours ago this kind of cynicism is malignant 3 comments cowpig Reply mcmcmc 3 hours ago See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption. cowpig 1 hour ago The statement that "this is how it works, it's completely corrupt" is what enables the corruption.It is only through the collective demand that systems serve us that they can be aligned.If you believe that the system is corrupt then your decisionmaking function will conclude that taking action to demand systems serve you is useless.But it's only useless if we collectively believe it is useless.This is what I mean when I say that cynicism is malignant. The more people believe it, the more true it is. chii 15 hours ago but you don't deny there's some element of truth to it tho?
mcmcmc 3 hours ago See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption. cowpig 1 hour ago The statement that "this is how it works, it's completely corrupt" is what enables the corruption.It is only through the collective demand that systems serve us that they can be aligned.If you believe that the system is corrupt then your decisionmaking function will conclude that taking action to demand systems serve you is useless.But it's only useless if we collectively believe it is useless.This is what I mean when I say that cynicism is malignant. The more people believe it, the more true it is.
cowpig 1 hour ago The statement that "this is how it works, it's completely corrupt" is what enables the corruption.It is only through the collective demand that systems serve us that they can be aligned.If you believe that the system is corrupt then your decisionmaking function will conclude that taking action to demand systems serve you is useless.But it's only useless if we collectively believe it is useless.This is what I mean when I say that cynicism is malignant. The more people believe it, the more true it is.
See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption.
The statement that "this is how it works, it's completely corrupt" is what enables the corruption.
It is only through the collective demand that systems serve us that they can be aligned.
If you believe that the system is corrupt then your decisionmaking function will conclude that taking action to demand systems serve you is useless.
But it's only useless if we collectively believe it is useless.
This is what I mean when I say that cynicism is malignant. The more people believe it, the more true it is.
but you don't deny there's some element of truth to it tho?