Maimas2@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOur society has long passed the time during which a single person or writing could change everyone's opinions.message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down117file-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 · 2 months agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
See, I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine, and it’s perfect example of something impossible today.
minus-squareSundial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up35·2 months agoWas there ever a time that this was the case?
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoI’m not sure the Catholic Church would agree that Martin Luther changed everyone’s opinion.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoIt certainly changed their opinion of him
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoI’m not sure the whole arab or asian world would agree. They’re still colonizing africa.
minus-squareSundial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down9·2 months agoMLK definitely did not change everyone’s opinion. A lot of people? Sure. Everyone? Absolutely not.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoI said Martin Luther, not Martin Luther King
minus-squareSundial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoAh that’s my bad. My point still stands though. It’s not like he was able to convince everyone to become Protestant.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoBut everyone’s opinion was changed.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-22 months 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-22 months 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-up1·2 months 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-down1·2 months 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-down1·2 months 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.