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Hazey | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 There are so many of them
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Rune Østgård | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It's a battle of ideas, and people seem to have forgot what ideas are and how valuable the best ideas are.
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Hazey | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 They defer all thinking to the highest authority
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Rune Østgård | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Well put.
What can reignite the people's interest in ideas?
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GLACA | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Money 😆 and attention they seek. Nothing else triggers masses.
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Hazey | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Loss of trust in the sincerity of authorities and their alignment. Control of speech is paramount to stemming erosion of that trust capital.
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GLACA | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Very well said.