A very plausible theory of right-wing mentality. Seems like a very vicious circle. I wonder what your thoughts are about how to get people out of this again?
Most recommendations I read about reaching people that stumble into conspiracy thinking are to keep a personal connection, not to judge openly and basically to keep bridges open that they can come back to reason without losing too much face. I struggle to implement this and so far have no success (unless she would be gone further without, which I can't know), and it seems the uncontroversial topics dwindle.
I also wonder what part of this is universal and what US-specific, because we have a right-wing backlash everywhere but I don't really know of so many grifters in Germany or the EU.
skaphle
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2025-07-23 12:26:03 UTC
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