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Our society has long passed the time during which a single person or writing could change everyone's opinions. (lemmy.world)
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See, I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine, and it's perfect example of something impossible today.

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago

Thomas payne's common sense didn't change everyone's mind.

and there are people today influencing how everybody thinks with tweets and memes.

language and information is evolving, and that is absolutely changing the landscape of how public opinion is affected.

Gaza is a great example.

Israeli has been bombing hospitals and schools and extrajudicially executing Palestinians for 50 years, but now that people can see that information and hear testimony from Palestinian journalists directly, they care.