Hi everyone, I've waited for my mind to cool down to make a post since the forum guidelines 'adjustement' so here are some thoughts:
My initial reaction was sadness and anger to see this forum go or being altered to give a safe space to some politically oriented posters that get trashed on a daily basis by the hive here.
Then I thought how to get the best out of it,or not just leave the forum cause we don't negotiate on this.
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To start, Trump claims to use a zero-sum strategy in which he wins and the other side loses. The win-lose equation is considered out of date, ineffective and generally counterproductive among those who study negotiation.
This made me think of what awval said,this is their view of the society and the concept of greater good,that you also benefit from others well being,seems non existent to them.
To solve this problem I think there are 3 main solutions:
1-Ignore them.
unfortunately avoiding reality and ignoring them isn't reliable long term,as you can ignore them but they will not ignore you for long.
2-Domination.
Either psychological or physical.
Problem again is you won't make a friend out of someone you forced to change, containment can only go so far.
3-Education.
Most of these views come from a poor understanding of the world mechanics and teaching people how it can be better is the best way to change mentalities.
Obviously this is simplified, I'm not kant but you get the idea.
I feel the cycle of 1 and 2 is obsolete in this century and if you really want to change the world you need to change how people think.
Now the question is can all people be brought out to reason?
As an illustration of what I imagined, I think the opposition should not focus on the impeachement chase but on education people about why the Trump's views are wrong and bad for everyone.
That is the longterm goal.