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minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoOn that we agree. Pretending that it’s already easy or even POSSIBLE for everybody doesn’t help achieve that goal, though.
minus-squareDjtecha@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoI don’t think anyone thinks it’s super easy deep down. Folks might be glib with it though. I think it does us a disservice to assume the majority cant vs the majority can. But that’s just an opinion.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months ago I think it does us a disservice to assume the majority cant vs the majority can It’s not an assumption, it’s statistical fact. Pretending otherwise is denial that stands in the way of improving things. But that’s just an opinion. An extremely unhelpful one.
On that we agree. Pretending that it’s already easy or even POSSIBLE for everybody doesn’t help achieve that goal, though.
I don’t think anyone thinks it’s super easy deep down. Folks might be glib with it though. I think it does us a disservice to assume the majority cant vs the majority can. But that’s just an opinion.
It’s not an assumption, it’s statistical fact. Pretending otherwise is denial that stands in the way of improving things.
An extremely unhelpful one.