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When people are protected from the horrors of the world they tend to develop luxury beliefs which leads them to create more suffering in the world.



Conversely, those who are subjected to harsh conditions often develop a cynical view of humanity, one lacking empathy, which also perpetuates the same harsh conditions. It's almost like protection and subjection aren't the salient dimensions, but rather there is some other perspective that better explains the phenomenon.


I tend to agree with growth through realism, but people often have the means and ability to protect themselves from these horrors. Im not sure you can systemically prevent this without resorting to big brother shoving propaganda in front of people and forcing them to consume it.


I don't think it needs to be forced, just don't censor so much.


Isn't that forcing? Who decides how much censorship people can voluntarily opt into?

If given control, I think many/most people would opt into a significant amount of censorship.


Just scrolled a lot to find this. And I do believe that moderators in a not so safe country seen a lot in their lives. But this also should make them less vulnerable for this kind of exposures and looks like it is not.


Seeing too much does cause PTSD. All I'm arguing is that some people love in a fantasy world where bad things don't happen so they end up voting for ridiculous things.


Isn't this a reason for Meta to outsource to countries where people somewhat immune to the first world problems? Aside of corruption and work force neglect?


Meta outsources because it's cheaper.


Exactly. Everything I mentioned is decreasing the price.




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