Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

@futurebird Unless we happen to be a guest on a show, there's not much we can do about the media other than stop giving them our money (which I highly recommend). But out in the real world, there are some things that can help. They like to set the narrative and write the rules of the game, so reject the narrative and don't play by the rules. They are real-life trolls who say certain things to obtain a certain reaction. When we don't react in the predicted way or otherwise go "off script", it throws them off balance. We have the "weapons" to win this so-called "culture war", but most of us don't even know they exist. Weapons like for example, Deep Canvassing to force the change in narrative, Street Epistemology to go on the attack and change the rules of the game, and Attitude Inoculation to vaccinate vulnerable friends and relatives against bad ideas. https://cognitiveimmunology.net/

https://imgur.com/gallery/zKMAp6S

A friend shared this one on Boomerbook, and I thought it left out a couple of things, so here is the improved version.

Great song. Check it out. I wouldn't steer you wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRBr1QRe5ls

Do you know why aardvarks never get sick? It's because they are so full of anty bodies.

@nazgul Well said.

@pre There's an old saying "you can't use the masters tools to tear down the masters house."

@cyrilpedia @gregggonsalves Many conspiracy theorists find a sense of community and belonging in being a member of "the tribe". Sometimes their entire personality is tied up in being an anti-vaxxer or flat-earther or whatever. This is stronger than the left/right axis of politics, so an uber-conspiracy like Qanon just rolls over them and sucks them up like that old game Katamari Damacy. And that path leads them down the rabbit hole to extremism.
Unless we can get them to start thinking critically and show them a more powerful sense of community and empathy, the left and the middle will suffer a slow attrition and the right will grow. We have the tools to aid us in this, tools like Deep Canvassing, Street Epistemology, and Attitude Inoculation, all we need to do is use them. Nobody is coming to help us; not the media, not the government, nobody. We have to do it ourselves.

@chadloder I mean yea, that's a big part of it, but it's also a fringe benefit for the billionaires that when we are fighting fascists, we are too busy to build the guillotines. Economically speaking, fascism is the opposite of communism. Instead of the people controlling the means of production, the means of production control the people, and that's perfect for corporate profits.