To put it another way, you can't debunk your way out of abject denial.
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Zack Beauchamp
This may sound fanciful, but it's actually validated by social scientific research.
One study showed that, when given accurate descriptions of Republican fiscal policies, a significant chunk of voters simply refused to accept that these were their views. It just sounded too extreme.
One study showed that, when given accurate descriptions of Republican fiscal policies, a significant chunk of voters simply refused to accept that these were their views. It just sounded too extreme.
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What you do is present each GOP policy to voters pretending you think it's well intentioned, but hint that it MIGHT favor the rich. Nudge the voter to DRAW THEIR OWN conclusion.
You won't logically convince your kid she needs to eat. It's easier to just go "here comes an airplane" or feed her broccoli bites shaped into zoo animals or let her compete against her sibling for who finishes first.
Why shouldn't it be good for the rich? They make all the jobs, why shouldn't they get some bigger benefit?
(This is CURRENT mindset of many, many GOP voters.)
And then when they get cut he just went "happens all the time with a new administration, it'll be back to normal in a couple of years"
This is an important life lesson for people who never took a humanities class.
All of it uses the exact same playbook. It can be 1 on one of it can be a small congregation, or a whole government, even global culture. What is patriarchy?
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indoctrination/id1373939526?i=1000699950312