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| Mr Lasastryke 08/16/20 7:30:30 AM #224: | regarding the "it's all conspiracy theories" argument: on the one hand, i kinda agree with corrik that going "if we allow the government to collect some kind of personal information, THEY WILL MISUSE IT" is wrong. it's fine to be against the government collecting data and it's fair to assume that this will lead to negative consequences, but it's still an assumption. like, the dumbest argument ron paul ever made was that he's anti-vax because "if we let our government vaccinate people, THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY LEAD TO 1984!" we can't predict stuff like this with 100% certainty. on the other hand, i don't think it's exactly right to call this a "conspiracy theory." a conspiracy theory is ususally some ridiculous theory about something that's happening right now or has happened before (like "aliens are actually running google" or something). again, i think the word you're looking for is "assumption." --- Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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