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What are some examples where the more you know about the world, the worse it seems? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 week ago by PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It feels like the deeper you dig into how things really work, the more depressing it gets. Curious what examples people have.

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[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

our professor used the japanese internment camp case to teach us about the limits of presidential power. indiscriminately shoving people into camps was a thing the president was 100% allowed to do to us citizens. the president, the court, the congress were all like "yup sounds American to us."