Maimas2@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoOur society has long passed the time during which a single person or writing could change everyone's opinions.message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
See, I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine, and it’s perfect example of something impossible today.
minus-squareSundial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up36·1 year agoWas there ever a time that this was the case?
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoI’m not sure the Catholic Church would agree that Martin Luther changed everyone’s opinion.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoIt certainly changed their opinion of him
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoI’m not sure the whole arab or asian world would agree. They’re still colonizing africa.
minus-squareSundial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down9·1 year agoMLK definitely did not change everyone’s opinion. A lot of people? Sure. Everyone? Absolutely not.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoI said Martin Luther, not Martin Luther King
minus-squareSundial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAh that’s my bad. My point still stands though. It’s not like he was able to convince everyone to become Protestant.
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minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoBut everyone’s opinion was changed.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoThat was not a criterion of OP’s question. As such, it doesn’t really matter. Just that they were changed is the qualifier here. If I were to guess, it at least changed their opinion of Martin Luther, even if they didn’t become protestants.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-21 year 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-up1·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoNo pope has ever had the power to change everyone’s mind with a single word or speech. That’s never been a thing.
Was there ever a time that this was the case?
Ask Martin Luther
I’m not sure the Catholic Church would agree that Martin Luther changed everyone’s opinion.
It certainly changed their opinion of him
I’m not sure the whole arab or asian world would agree. They’re still colonizing africa.
MLK definitely did not change everyone’s opinion. A lot of people? Sure. Everyone? Absolutely not.
I said Martin Luther, not Martin Luther King
Ah that’s my bad. My point still stands though. It’s not like he was able to convince everyone to become Protestant.
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But everyone’s opinion was changed.
Opinion of what exactly?
That was not a criterion of OP’s question. As such, it doesn’t really matter. Just that they were changed is the qualifier here.
If I were to guess, it at least changed their opinion of Martin Luther, even if they didn’t become protestants.
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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.