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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 weeks 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] -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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

I said Martin Luther, not Martin Luther King

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

But everyone’s opinion was changed.

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

Opinion of what exactly?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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.