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0 pointsjvanderbot1y ago0 comments

Modern slavery was not on my radar until reading this thread. You really have to live in a self righteous echo chamber to assume that all the people you want to join your cause should already know about it.

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Braxton19801y ago· 2 in thread

So you were using "we" in the royal sense?

>You really have to live in a self righteous echo chamber to assume that all the people you want to join your cause should already know about it.

Just to confirm, is "you" referring to me or is it more like you're pointing your finger at the world in general?

jvanderbotOP1y ago

It's silly for anyone to treat a person who is newly-interested in an important issue as ignorant for not knowing about that issue, as it would alienate a potential new supporter.

The statement "Who doesn't think about it" implies everyone should already know about it. I literally never once thought there'd be many modern slaves let alone more than ever before.

I'm glad I do know that now though. A lot of good ideas or causes die on the incorrect assumption of obviousness that is just kind of assumed by the "aware" groups.

Braxton19801y ago

I read this as "Modern slavery was not on my radar until reading this thread. " as you didn't know modern day slavery didn't exist.

I found this highly unlikely considering your education and resume. You clarified in this reply that it was the amount.

However, I don't think you were being manipulative. You're education, papers, past comments, and twitter comments come off as an intellectual nerd.

I thought you were doing a whataboutism combined with the "wide eyed naive" character technique. I'm sorry.

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