"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently". -Friedrich Nietzsche.

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[–]JohnleBon 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This quote is from his book Morgenrote which is translated as 'dawn' but apparently in German more closely relates to 'red sky of the morning'.

I hope that this sub will fully embrace the notion that it is okay to disagree about things. Sometimes on r/conspiracy there is an attitude of 'if somebody says something I disagree with I will call him a shill'. That is a toxic attitude to have.

There are certain opinions and outlooks I hold now which I was not ready for just a few years ago. Fortunately I allowed my mind to entertain these ideas rather than accuse those putting them forward of being 'shills'.

[–]HibikiBlackCaudillo[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree completely.

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

I think a lot of the problems in modern society come from people being manipulated by herd behaviour, so I think this quote from Nietzsche can bring some insight.

It's Nietzsche talking about the way the youth can be corrupted by looking up for the crowd instead of the people who are a minority. It's interesting coming from Nietzsche considering his usual moral relativism.