A few year back, there was a Netflix documentary about flat earther. They’ve done a couple of experiment to prove that the earth is flat which (Spoiler alert) demonstrated that the earth is round.

So now that these persons have demonstrated scientifically that the earth is round. How are they doing ? Still flat-earther ? or did they give up with the amount of evidence they collected ?

  • Sternhammer@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Well said.

    I’d also point out that dehumanising a subgroup is a powerful technique used to manipulate people. Tell people who to hate and you can get them to go along with anything while they’re focused on the scapegoats. Popular scapegoats include:

    • immigrants (taking our jobs while, paradoxically, being a welfare burden)
    • religious groups (Jews, Muslims, etc.)
    • welfare recipients (dole bludgers, a burden on society)
    • criminals (war on drugs, tough on crime)

    Any time someone is demonising a group theres a good chance they’re just trying to manipulate you.