Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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

Eh. One person could be influencing in the recent past…

Walter Cronkite, declared the Vietnam war unwinnable and “people “ say that changed Americans view on it.

Today, I agree there are too many voices and too many people have their “own realities” for one person to affect the national discourse.

I don’t think is aliens landed the majority of Americans would believe their own eyes if their news said it was fake.