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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

It is self defense at this point. MAGA is being charged up for an attack. The corrupt politicians have found a tiny little percentage of the population to pour hatred onto. They can spew hatred and tap dance while their idiot followers look at the distraction and focus on them instead of the real problem of corruption and greed.

Intolerance is the answer here, but not necessarily or exclusively towards the deranged MAGAts. We really need to focus on the billionaires pulling the strings. Be intolerant of the wealthy having so much influence over these insane nazi wannabes.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 15 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Paradox goes right the fuck away when you look at it in rthe context of social contract

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

It is not a paradox for where it begins, but for how it ends.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Its the lone exception to itself. Thats why it gets a fancy name "The paradox of tolerance". To abide by the intolerant is to validate them, thus contradicting your own tolerance of others.

Its circular logic, and the only solution is it carve out one exception, intolerance of those who are intolerant of others

[–] Panda1606@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I used to believe also this but then I found out who Daryl Davis was and now I understand the best way to beat hatred is the way he beat it. Even thought there might be psychopaths who are devoided of empathy but the percentage of people who have it is really low and knowing psychology you can also deal with them in a functional manner by teaching them that if they commit malice it will have a direct consequence. Violence always generate more violence and we as humanity have evolved and we can deal with these type of people please don't think this is the best way to deal with it.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

What Daryl Davis does might work if you are talking about a very small group, but by the time it reaches percentage points of the population that method no longer works as the societal support structure grows from these vial ideologies, the weaker an approach based on societal influence. Eventually the only option left is violence as you have two opposing societies and can no longer pull "radicals" out of their hatred.

Just like with the Fascists of the early 20th century, the only option left was to expunge these hateful societies.

[–] GenChadT@infosec.pub 0 points 2 hours ago

You're not wrong, but right now fascists are effectively in control of all the nuclear weapons and future tech. If things ever do spiral into a "hot" conflict, they have all the tools at their disposal to come after liberals. Which they are very desperately trying to instigate right now.

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