ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWhy has our society accepted the mantra of "Don't let people take advantage of you" rather than focusing on "stop taking advantage of people"?message-squaremessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy has our society accepted the mantra of "Don't let people take advantage of you" rather than focusing on "stop taking advantage of people"?ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoProbably based on the idea that people who knowingly do bad aren’t going to respond to aphorisms.
minus-squareReanuKeeves@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoWe put people who are harmful to society in prison don’t we? So why does certain types of manipulation get exempt?
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThat’s a much wider question. I mean, we don’t always exempt that behavior, but I would agree it gets a pass far too often.
Probably based on the idea that people who knowingly do bad aren’t going to respond to aphorisms.
We put people who are harmful to society in prison don’t we? So why does certain types of manipulation get exempt?
That’s a much wider question. I mean, we don’t always exempt that behavior, but I would agree it gets a pass far too often.