I was buying something at a small shop and for some reason the shop owner decided to talk about how much the government ruins business through taxes, how the government shouldn’t be in business, and how there is too much socialism in government. Maybe I look like a libertarian lol.

I did my best to ask him what he meant to try and get him thinking and it seemed to help a bit. I even pulled a “any socialist I’ve talked to doesn’t believe in any of that”.

I seem to have a lot of these conversations, even when I’m minding my own business. Have any of you had luck with breaking down preconceived notions others may have? I’d just like to be better prepared since apparently this is just something that happens to me.

  • Camarada Forte@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    Have any of you had luck with breaking down preconceived notions others may have?

    I did, and I have many ideas for anyone wanting to better prepare themselves for these discussions.

    I’d just like to be better prepared since apparently this is just something that happens to me.

    Most people use [bourgeois] social media, ask them “out of curiosity”, if they use any social media. This will give you two valuable insights:

    • first, the main source of propaganda which instructs their worldview. We can easily identify propagandistic discourse by noticing how common it is, sometimes even word for word repeated by numerous people.
    • second, the place where you will engage with content related to their grievances, and debate with people in the comments. The comment sections of Facebook and Instagram, for instance, are very lively and from there you can engage with multiple people with access to online research for you to back your own views

    It was there that I was able to master my debate bro skills