Friday, April 5, 2024

I Doubt One Can Reverse a Mass Delusion, Except by Waiting for the People to Die

 Elections may be a faster alternative. Most elections do not result in change, because entrenched interests resist change. Most of our beliefs will be held to be delusional in ever shorter periods of time. We may share 1% of the beliefs of 100 years ago. That period of rejection may be compressed to 20 years today. Data is influential, if trusted. Nothing is more persuasive than personal experience.  Today, the media are outlets for billionaire interests, some of which are delusional, emotional, but always unjustly enriching to the owners. People imitate because they don't know how to act or what to believe. The media present models to imitate. 

Giving the billionaires that own the media and the political parties a personal experience may be the quickest and most powerful method to change mass delusions. The concept of reciprocity should be kept in mind. Do unto others so they can feel your pain too. 

Here. That article is panhandling for money for a magazine that stands for the facts and evidence. It does not offer a real solution. 




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