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Cake day: October 6th, 2023

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  • The south rose again and we lost, if you haven’t noticed. We’re not in any situation to be having trials. Sadly they are, and they’re carrying out their own tribunals right now.

    If we want to regain any control of this system, we won’t do it without a better propaganda game. Telling people we’re going to come take out vengeance as soon as we can works completely against that sort of effort.

    Be pissed. Use the anger. But maybe think of long-term tactics with a clear vision of what’s real, and what’s effective. Or don’t, and enjoy a fantasy of power you don’t have. Maybe it’s comforting. I just think too many people aren’t thinking strategically about what’s actually needed to change things, even if some of those things seem repugnant.

    And I in no way mean to suggest trying to talk hardcore maga into anything. It’s the apathetic, uninformed, etc, that are the ones that can be moved.



  • Getting stuck in wedge issues that their propaganda is currently targeting doesn’t usually make a difference, in my experience. The person you replied to made a point I find useful which is to get people to talk about the values they have beneath their positions. Often people can be led to contradict themselves if we ask enough curious, open-ended questions about what motivated their opinions.

    The majority of people hold fairly progressive views on most issues, but are taught to be real mad about things that don’t effect them. They’ll try to argue about those things the whole time, and I don’t think it’s worth taking the bait.