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Nice performance, really gripping. I expect at least an emmy nomination.
But I am saying, that even if your fantasy rebel leader takes control and leads a magical revolution that somehow topples the military and installs a socialist leader whom everyone somehow loves, you still have to live next to the people who empowered the current system, so no matter WHAT happens, you will need to understand them or we end up in the same cycle over and over.
Someone with several more braincells might ask why we should understand them, and that answer is naturally, so we can change them. Are YOU the one so stuck down the liberal/lefty pipeline of super-inclusivity that you think they're fucking entitled to being the way they are? Don't you think you should be empowered to guide and bring up your population's weakest link? Do you think they're going to just lower their heads and shrug if we all succeed? Don't be a moron.
Or is it far more important to you that you get internet updoots? Don't bother answering.
Tell me, how does one go about changing a fascist?
The main problem is that, even more so than the past, people's politics is their identity.
It's their family, their church life, their friends, and possibly even their neighbors if they live in a particularly conservative area. The same is true for liberals.
Trying to change them is quite literally like trying to change how they were raised, who they associate with, etc. In some cases, they may even be ostracized for "changing sides" if people found out.
It's just not feasible.