[–] ketoll [S] 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
If you want to be a part of the 20% you have to look at them like the pawns they are.
This is what my brain has such a hard time accepting. I keep trying to wake people up and they just won't wake up. So I shake and shake and shake them and they keep on sleeping. You'd think I would learn, but no, I keep trying to wake the sleeping over and over without luck.
It's your job to lead by example and organize them.
That's the most frustrating part, seems like I have zero influence on people. I have to watch them be idiots and I can't figure out a way to show them the truth. I have this intuition where I have predicted future trends very accurately, yet it's completely useless because I can't help anyone with it. Seems like I need to go back to the drawing board and re-think how I deal with people completely.
What is productive is identifying who is a drone and figuring out how to use their vapidness to your advantage.
Got any examples? I don't want to take advantage of people, I just want them to see what I see. The only example of this I can think of is how people are more easily attracted to simple concepts more than new and complex concepts. (ie, use easy-to-read fonts, use simple vocabulary, use clean and organized imagery, etc). Nobody is going to read a new and complex idea. They're going to read something they can already relate to because it's less difficult to think about.
[–] ForgottenMemes 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago (edited ago)
Nobody is going to read a new and complex idea.
Exactly. You have to ease them into it. It's a process. You basically have to fill the role the church filled 200 years ago.
You insert yourself into their lives. At first do it in a way that's entirely fun. Ask them if they want to come with you to the local Ren Fair, or go shooting, or go to a football game, go hiking, etc. While you're out hiking or in the car going to the game talk to them about the culture war. Ask their opinions. Do they think women are more happy if they have children? What should be the right amount of immigration? Did you hear them chanting kill whitey at the riot, doesn't that offend you? You're more informed so you can guide the conversation in the right direction. Each time you want to move them one step to the right, if you move too far they'll balk. Talk about your politics in terms of self improvement and improvement of the community. You don't have a strong stance on if abortion/drugs should be legal, you have a strong stance that they're harmful. Immigration, anti-natalism are harmful. Transgenderism and pro-gays creating confusion in kids is evil. etc. Notice how these are all moral/emotional positions, you can't logically convince these people, but you can show them the logical chain that arrives at the moral and just conclusion.
Once you've created the momentum you just have to keep pushing it in the right directions. Slowly your friend group will come around to your politics, and they'll peer pressure the other lemmings into agreeing.
[–] Intrixina 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
This is where shame and consequences kick in. You have to make it so the virtue of them being your friend, or getting any help from you in the future is removed. If they refuse to listen to you, fuck them off. They aren't worth wasting your time on.
[–] lanre 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is shitty, but 90% of it is looks. If you look like a leader, people will treat you like one and follow you. If you don't, then it's an uphill battle. Once you start winning it doesn't matter, you could be a goblin, but until then think of it like a job interview. The retard that looks the part will get a shot before the goblin.
In other words, lift, dress well, have good posture, educate yourself and practice public speaking.