Talked to normie friends and family over the weekend. No one, not one, cares about freedom or anything important.
Concerns of normies:
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Compliance, they want to make sure they can travel without friction. The restrictions have reduced the number of travelers and that is a good thing to them.
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Climate change. They don't know why they care, but they do. Texas fighting back against climate BS makes them mad.
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Keeping their government handouts. One wealthy friend wants to keep his kid in a special program and chooses where he lives to keep the funds flowing.
Being around normies makes me feel sick. Thank God for all of you.
Smile, and say "You have no idea what's coming, do you?" and leave it at that. I did that recently at a meeting of "conservatives" and the result was twofold: first, they scoff and insist they're right, or second, they look at you with a sense of curiosity. On the second one, it's a judgment call to proceed, and you have to use intuition if you think you can flip the person or not. If you can, go for it, and if you can't, walk away. It has been mentioned several times on this board that the time to try and flip the 4-6% may have passed.