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  • lemmyng@lemmy.catoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.worksAriana Grande
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    1 month ago

    That’s a rational question. Unfortunately it won’t get the desired result, because the target audience is not going to behave rationally:

    • The media that they consume is following the fascist playbook. They’re telling the audience that if things are not better yet, then it’s because there are others still left to blame, and the worse things get the harder those others are going to be blamed for it.
    • Even if someone moves past that propaganda, it’s been ingrained into them that to accept being incorrect is to admit failure. They’ve been primed to dig in and double down, lest their peers see them as a failure, or even worse as others.



  • lemmyng@lemmy.catoStar Trek Social Club@startrek.websiteWho had it worse?
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    4 months ago

    Counter argument on the Borg encounter: By accelerating the Federation encounter with the Borg, he likely prevented more suffering than had he not intervened, as it would have led to an unaware Federation not being prepared for Wolf 359. Yes, the Federation survived that just by the skin of their teeth, but they survived.