So when talking to people who identify as LEFT. I found another way to help with red pilling people.
I tell people the reason why I am center/right. Is because of POWER.
As you move over to the left. What you are really saying is that you want POWER to be transferred over to the state.
As you move over to the right. What you area really saying is that you want POWER to be transferred over to the people.
After I state this.
I ask them a question.
Why should I TRUST power to the state? When they can FORCE you to comply at GUNPOINT?
You cannot undo a law as easily as you think.
This tends to get them to think differently.
Wanted to share an analogy I've used when challenged by someone that wants you to prove to them that everything they believe from their trusted sources is actually incorrect in one conversation. Obviously, this cannot be done. You can't undo years of programming and indoctrination, and people will not and cannot accept that the "news" sources they trust are nearly 100% fake. It's a waste of your time and everyone's time. The best you can do is ask the right question, and hope to trigger some cognitive dissonance that might lead someone to at least consider looking deeper into something themselves.
When you encounter someone who wants to use as "proof" that you are incorrect that you cannot definitively refute their views, since they are backed up by their own worthless sources and consistent with MSM indoctrination, you can give them the "Fat person analogy" - nothing against fat people, just a way of looking at and explaining why they won't be able to get a new direction from you in one conversation. This is for the person who wants you to prove something to them, right then and there, that what you say is correct... meanwhile they are looking for any reason to discount what you said.
If you have a person that eats poorly, makes terrible dietary decisions, and has put on tons of weight over the years... you can't just send a dietician over to speak with them and expect everything to be fixed right away. There are potentially years and years of damage that needs to be undone. Not only would they have to start making different choices, they would need to know what choices to make before even taking their first new action. Beyond that, they would need to decide whether they even WANT to make a change. The exact same thing is true for those indoctrinated on fake news and MSM sources. You can be up against a lifetime of indoctrination, and would be undercutting someone's entire worldview. People cannot and will not react well to that.
In most cases, people aren't ready to learn the truth, nor do they even WANT to know... for many different reasons. When you find someone who MIGHT be open and interested in the truth, but is unconvinced because you can't give them a good enough reason in 90 seconds... or maybe they already know better than you because they watch CNN and read NY Times posts on twitter ever morning... remember this analogy. Ask the right question, trigger cognitive dissonance... maybe they are smart enough to want to learn more for themselves. Verbal persuasion will fail 99% of the time.
Triggering cognitive dissonance in them will either go unnoticed, angers them (causing reflection at a later time), or is the holy grail and their awakening moment.
It's that last one that is thr most fun because it opens up a much deeper conversation with them where minds really start to change.
The one time you get that response alone makes all the others worth it. :)
Yeah usually dissonance triggers an emotional outburst. It's a defense mechanism and they don't even understand why they're doing it.