I think it has considerable influence over stupid people. You only need to see the number of likes/retweets people like Kanye get, and when these figures tell people to buy X/boycott Y, people do it in droves.
Hume is fascinating, but I'm not sure what he has to do with our discussion. Sure, moral principles can change, but I wasn't asking about that. The question was how much influence the entertainment industry has over the young and uneducated.
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He’s talking exactly about whether entertainment can make you change your mind morally.
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Are you sure about that? As far as I can tell, he's not making any epistemic claims. He's talking about how far entertainment should reflect reality, and then goes on to say that it is hard but possible to change people's minds. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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