Maimas2@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoOur society has long passed the time during which a single person or writing could change everyone's opinions.message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squareOur society has long passed the time during which a single person or writing could change everyone's opinions.Maimas2@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
See, I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine, and it’s perfect example of something impossible today.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-211 days agoYes. The Pope has that power. Pretty much always has, but it was far more pronounced before universal literacy was a thing.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoI don’t know that a screenshot of twitter is proof of anything, especially after the proliferation of AI. But, go read about the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. Even if I’m wrong in my opinion, you’ll learn some new things.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 days agoHonestly I think it is wrong to compare modern day to anything over a few decades old. You can’t hold Catholics responsible for things that happened centuries ago. You can only hold them to the now. Also not all Catholics believe the same things.
minus-squareSundial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·11 days agoNo pope has ever had the power to change everyone’s mind with a single word or speech. That’s never been a thing.
Yes.
The Pope has that power. Pretty much always has, but it was far more pronounced before universal literacy was a thing.
Not even the pope
I don’t know that a screenshot of twitter is proof of anything, especially after the proliferation of AI.
But, go read about the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. Even if I’m wrong in my opinion, you’ll learn some new things.
Honestly I think it is wrong to compare modern day to anything over a few decades old. You can’t hold Catholics responsible for things that happened centuries ago. You can only hold them to the now.
Also not all Catholics believe the same things.
No pope has ever had the power to change everyone’s mind with a single word or speech. That’s never been a thing.