• Tonava@sopuli.xyz
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    5 hours ago

    Not being at the table does not make them complicit by and large, but it allows it to happen.

    Isn’t allowing it to happen being complicit though? I’ve always been taught that if you stand there and watch some bully beat up another kid, you’re taking part in the bullying

    • AlexLost@lemmy.world
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      48 minutes ago

      I don’t think there is a “right” answer. They allow good things to happen too, are they responsible for that as well, or just the bad things that happen? Bystanders are simply a fact of life, it’s the doers who bear the responsibility. Look at mob mentality as an example.