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What are some examples of 'common sense' which are nonsense? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by comfy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Wikipedia defines common sense as "knowledge, judgement, and taste which is more or less universal and which is held more or less without reflection or argument"

Try to avoid using this topic to express niche or unpopular opinions (they're a dime a dozen) but instead consider provable intuitive facts.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Nuance is boring, voting and/or complaining is easy.

I mean, people are right about slimy politicians too, but they never seem to consider that it's them that keeps electing those people.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

but they never seem to consider that it’s them that keeps electing those people.

How so?

If one doesn't vote, a slimy politician still gets elected.

If one does vote, in most elections they can only choose from a small group of people who probably fail to represent them, and even if there is a reasonable option, they probably won't win the vote anyway.

The system is rigged, when it comes to voting there usually* isn't a correct option. Our political voice must exist outside of elections.

(I say usually, because a few elections are better than other, but generally speaking at a federal level, it's slime no matter how you vote)