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  • Shampiss@sh.itjust.worksto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    1 month ago

    The Right’s opinions are not fact based, so you cannot convince them with facts

    Most rightwing supporters are driven by their emotions, and fall prey to fear mongering and emotional manipulation related to their already existing beliefs like racism and xenophobia.

    To change emotional based beliefs you need to use compassion. They are not your enemy. They are misguided and manipulated souls that need help.

    Treat them as your best friend

    They won’t be open to arguments if they think you’re the devil. So you have to be their friend.

    It’s not necessary to explain everything to them. You can’t change someone’s world view in one conversation. Just show that you’re a reasonable person that is trying to understand them. Gently ask them what their beliefs are and don’t be confrontational. With a bit of time they will open their eyes by themselves.

    Not easy. but I think that this is what effectively creates change.



  • Shampiss@sh.itjust.workstoScience Memes@mander.xyzMornings
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    2 months ago

    Why shouldn’t people use windows?

    You can’t expect the average person to be tech savvy enough to use Linux and most people cannot afford a Mac. Especially in developing countries.

    Windows is the best OS for the average person. Just not for advanced users such as researchers


  • Shampiss@sh.itjust.workstomemes@lemmy.worldIt's true.
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    All numbers are imaginary

    They are a logistical concept, invented with the purpose of counting and calculating quantities.

    Strictly speaking “Math” doesn’t exist in nature.

    Circles are not round because of Pi. A triangle’s sides are not consistent because of the Pythagorean theorem. A thrown ball doesn’t travel in a parabola because of Algebra.

    Math is a tool CREATED to understand natural phenomena. Though its logistical power is so strong that it can be stretched to understand almost everything that can be measured.

    If a tree falls in the woods it vibrates the air at an audible frequence. Your ears absorb the vibrations and send a signal to your brain that we understand as sound. But the tree never makes a sound. The tree exists and interacts with the environment. Your brain interprets some of those interactions as sound.

    You can think of the numbers as the sound. You can understand them clearly, but they’re just an interpretation of a natural phenomena.



  • Shampiss@sh.itjust.workstoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldPicture this
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    2 months ago

    people figure out the system

    Only tech savvy people figure out how to go around this system. Roughly 80% ~ 90% of consumers will not realize what’s happening or won’t bother figuring out a solution.

    Hell, even if only 10% of the consumers paid a slightly higher price the company still earns more by buying your data.

    Statistics are on the side of the company. Buying consumer data is always the best strategy for them. The only thing that can limit abuse of privacy and consumer rights is government regulation.




  • You’re not looking at this correctly. No one congratulates themselves for returning the cart.

    The point here is that the simple act of returning the shopping cart is the baseline of ethical behavior. This is just illustrating that society’s individualism is so strong that this simple act of spending 10 seconds to keep the place in order is often ignored.

    Of course people that return the shopping cart can be ignorant assholes as well. But the point is that this extremely basic act is severely lacking in society. Therefore we can’t expect, as you said, more advanced ethical values. Such as using one’s time and energy to promote changes to other foreign countries



  • Your right to free speech ends when it turns into terrorism, racism or a call for a coup.

    There are some things that should be banned, such as the twitter accounts that promoted the attempt at a coup in Brazil in Jan 8 2023.

    These are the accounts that the judge asked to be banned. After Twitter didn’t comply they started sending fines and eventually outright banning it.

    Free speech doesn’t mean you can say literally anything. It means the government cannot punish you for your political views. But they can, and must punish racism and anti-democracy speech.

    Also, it’s a misconception that a decentralized service cannot be banned. In fact it’s not hard at all




  • It’s all appeal to emotion

    A good narrative is captivating. It’s really simple and comforting to know that the world is good vs evil and you’re on the good side. Those guys are on the devil’s side and we must stop them at all costs or it will be THE END OF AMERICA!! ** Dramatic yelling **

    It’s easy to convince less educated people using fear and misdirection. What are they gonna do? Check the sources and think critically about the topic? Lol

    Convincing someone that thinks you’re their mortal enemy is difficult. That’s why you have to be their best friend. Show them that you care for their opinion and ask them to explain to you. Show genuine curiosity and then give them something to think about.

    “Hey, I see your point man, but I don’t know enough about this so I’m not sure. Hey I’ve found this article that has some interesting points. What do you think?”

    It’s not easy but I think this is what really creates change






  • My brother what can they do?? They put diplomatic pressure and sanctions in place but there’s nothing more a country can do to influence another nation.

    There are US and EU sanctions in Venezuela since years. But they still manage to live in their limited space.

    Saudi Arabia is an Absolute Monarchy. They have a king and all that bullshit. The king is a de facto dictator BY DESIGN. that’s their constitution.

    What do you expect us to say?? “hey, how about you abolish your whole political system? Because you know… We kinda don’t like it”

    I don’t like it either bro but it is what it is. We have to live with that bullshit. Unfortunately there is no solution to everything

    Name a dictator that gets political support from the EU