What Reddit bullshit you've encountered?

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[–]Chipit 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The most frightening thing is how they are 100% in favor of censorship. Like, not even any debate. We have such a negative view of censorship because it doesn't work. It was tried and found wanting. Not being able to discuss the truth was one of the major reasons the Soviet Union fell. Having learned nothing (because it wasn't real socialism) and having cut themselves off from the corpus of Western literature (which is full of "we tried this and here's how it didn't work" lessons) they are now boldly striding forward into the past to repeat actions we know for a fact are mistakes.

[–]BallBagIsBurning 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

90% of reddit is either to young and inexperienced, or too stupid to realise how it works. They don't see that they're having a carrot dangled in front of them, and as soon as enough of them go for the carrot to allow the system to be changed without major discourse, those holding the carrot change the rules completely in their favour. All of a sudden they're left shocked and bewildered with nothing, their beloved powers that be turned against them, and their opposition that saw the whole thing coming. The thought of that is too negative so they don't even consider it, since they're programmed to live in a world where truth is subjective.

[–]cloudrabbit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What is the carrot in this metaphor and how is it going to be taken away?