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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)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Was there ever a time that this was the case?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Ask Martin Luther

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure the Catholic Church would agree that Martin Luther changed everyone's opinion.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

It certainly changed their opinion of him

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

MLK definitely did not change everyone's opinion. A lot of people? Sure. Everyone? Absolutely not.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I said Martin Luther, not Martin Luther King

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ah that's my bad. My point still stands though. It's not like he was able to convince everyone to become Protestant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The people who chose to remain catholic had no opinion on protestantism before it was invented, then they formed a negative opinion of it. Opinion changed, cheque mate aetheistises.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But everyone’s opinion was changed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Opinion of what exactly?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm not sure the whole arab or asian world would agree. They're still colonizing africa.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Yes.

The Pope has that power. Pretty much always has, but it was far more pronounced before universal literacy was a thing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not even the pope

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] possiblylinux127 0 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

No pope has ever had the power to change everyone's mind with a single word or speech. That's never been a thing.