All of life is political.
• Tribalism is the local form of politics.
• Dictatorship is the smelly form of politics.
• Kingship is the absolute form of politics.
• Communism is the destructive form of politics.
• Socialism is the nosiy form of politics.
• Capitalism is the economic form of politics.
• Democracy is the messy* form of politics.
*You may like it; I may like it. Yet is is so difficult, so messy, and so easy to attack.
Every day, we are all bombarded with information, especially on news channels. One group claims it's false; another calls it the truth. How can we know when to accept it or alternatively how can we know it's false? There are several factors which influence acceptance of fake or false information. Here are the big four. Some just don’t have the knowledge to discern fact/truth from fiction/fact/false*. Some fake information is cleverly disguised and simply appears to be correct. Some fake information is accepted because the person wants to believe it. Some fake information is accepted because there is no other information to the contrary. However, the acceptance of information of any kind become a kind of truth , and this is a well studied topic. In the link below is an essay on “The Truth About Truth.” This shows simply that what is your point of view, different types of information are generally accepted, fake or not. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/g-donald-allen-420b03
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