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[-] Mojo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago
[-] fraksken@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

It's redacted

[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Post-WW2 reeducation programs for denazification were probably justified. Like showcasing the horrors of the nazi regime by giving people mandatory tours of the concentration camps etc.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I don't. Who would? This sounds like the plan of an evil dictator, a deranged cult leader, or a cartoon supervillain.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

PonyOfWar made a good point in pointing out that Nazis were re-educated and had their ideology censored. I believe it's generally still censored today in Germany.

(I'd have linked the comment, but I don't know how, lol)

I mean murder is bad. Telling people that murder is bad is a good thing. But too much more beyond that is well into dictator range.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Telling someone that murder is bad and why it's bad would just be "education". "Re-education" would mean holding someone against their will and forcing them to believe that murder is bad wether they understand why or not.

[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I don't.

Neither censorship nor reeducation would be generally voluntary, so somebody would have to be given the authority to mandate them.

There's a simple test then for whether or not something is a good idea:

Think of the person or people or political party you consider to be the greatest threat to others. Then think of what they would do with that power.

Because it doesn't matter what the original intent is - if such a power is granted, no matter to whom or for what, those people WILL, sooner or later, get their chance to wield it.

[-] musicmind333@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@MGN22 One can always try to justify using information control tactics as a way to manipulate in favor of what is right, correct or just. But using manipulative tactics for 'doing good' cannot guarantee that they will not be used, in return, for 'doing evil'. It just means someone else decides for you what the narrative is, gets to decide what is right or wrong, and gets to decide how you think, rather than you being able to get ahold of all the information and making that decision for yourself.

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