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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What happened to tolerance is quite clear, to the point that it has a name, it is called the paradox of tolerance.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance#%3A%7E%3Atext=The+paradox+of+tolerance+is%2Cthe+very+principle+of+tolerance

[–] tinyvoltron@discuss.online 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had never heard of the paradox of tolerance. TIL

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Obv you have the wikipedia link, but this is a nice bite-sized overview that I keep around: