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Um, yes? America's government, corporations, and other traditional authority institutions have - in the minds of millions of unfortunate Americans - burned thr

Um, yes? America's government, corporations, and other traditional authority institutions have - in the minds of millions of unfortunate Americans - burned through whatever respect or trust they once had. And whether you read "chemtrails" as literal or metaphorical, those "victims of the system" are feeling much like caged rats in a back room at Dystopia Labs. If you're interested in improving the situation (vs. scoring points), don't mock the belief, nor the believers.

JohnFen 1y ago
Saying that someone's beliefs are not rooted in reality is not mocking them. What would you suggest to improve the situation?
- bell-cot 1y ago
  > Saying that someone's beliefs are not rooted in reality is not mocking them. They might feel otherwise. > What would you suggest ... Ideally, economic & social changes to make America's 99% feel less used, abused, and hopeless. At n=1 scale - tell 'em that in the big picture, they are perfectly correct. But down in the gritty how-to technology details, the chemtrails are just a red herring. The actual control is endless brain-bending advertising and journalists & lawmakers who somehow never care about ordinary Americans and lies before every election and maliciously twisted social media feeds and politicians who only give a crap about the rich and propaganda-laced "news" and turning the economic screws tighter & tighter on honest working people and stuff like that.
  - JohnFen 1y ago
    > They might feel otherwise. They might, but that's just another thing they're wrong about. Mocking someone is making fun of them, ridiculing them, calling them stupid and such. Just pointing out that they're wrong is not mocking. If it's no longer possible to tell people when they're wrong, we're doomed. I value when people point out that I'm wrong and if that stopped, I would be poorer for it.

JohnFen 1y ago

Saying that someone's beliefs are not rooted in reality is not mocking them. What would you suggest to improve the situation?

bell-cot 1y ago
> Saying that someone's beliefs are not rooted in reality is not mocking them. They might feel otherwise. > What would you suggest ... Ideally, economic & social changes to make America's 99% feel less used, abused, and hopeless. At n=1 scale - tell 'em that in the big picture, they are perfectly correct. But down in the gritty how-to technology details, the chemtrails are just a red herring. The actual control is endless brain-bending advertising and journalists & lawmakers who somehow never care about ordinary Americans and lies before every election and maliciously twisted social media feeds and politicians who only give a crap about the rich and propaganda-laced "news" and turning the economic screws tighter & tighter on honest working people and stuff like that.
- JohnFen 1y ago
  > They might feel otherwise. They might, but that's just another thing they're wrong about. Mocking someone is making fun of them, ridiculing them, calling them stupid and such. Just pointing out that they're wrong is not mocking. If it's no longer possible to tell people when they're wrong, we're doomed. I value when people point out that I'm wrong and if that stopped, I would be poorer for it.