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Plato also said a lot of things about slavery that the journal probably wouldn't be so eager to publish...
Comment by Morvack at 14/02/2025 at 16:53 UTC
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Well yeah. People kinda pick and choose what they remember someone for.
Other examples include sir Isaac Newton believing in alchemy. A now discredited field.
Comment by dat_grue at 14/02/2025 at 20:36 UTC
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The world is completely different now, saying extreme inequality leads to civil war is the sort of claim that is fairly time period dependent