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[–] Carrolade 67 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Actually that was a JD Vance quote. Harris kept it more classy.

Either way, he's more of a Mussolini type. Less vision, more opportunism.

[–] GlitchyDigiBun 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fascism through ✨ V I B E S ✨

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You joke, but vibes where and are an important part of how fascists took control. They understand that Aristotle was wrong, emotion and symbolism is simply a better form of rhetoric than logic.

[–] SpaceNoodle 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, it depends what you mean by "better."

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Rhetoric is just Greek for the means of persuasion.

A more effective means of persuasion is better rhetoric by definition, because determining truth is not the goal, getting them to do what you want is.

But, yes, ideally rhetoric and epistemology would go hand in hand.

[–] SpaceNoodle 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I've finally met someone more pedantic than I.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

This is what it sounds like when doves cry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle 1 points 2 weeks ago

Don't think I didn't appreciate it.

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