Yeah, consensus always requires sacrifice. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your statement.
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It was just a thought I had while talking with a friend earlier. Not really fleshed out 😂 As I think about it more I think it pertains more to the pursuit of truth than to “truth” itself. Society has placed comfort and perceived safety over all else. We (the connective we) can’t have discussion and debate without encountering the impassioned overreactions of people who demand that you must either be for them and accept their ideology, or be against them and become their enemy.
Ah, now I follow. And agree. We are literally safer than we have ever been as a species but are lead to believe that we are in constant danger. The mindset of constant fear creates constant defensiveness... and the best defense is to be offensive. The pursuit of truth suffers under the weight of collective paranoia.