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But now we see that elections are rigged by one group who holds control over all the positions of power in our countries, and communication has broken down, since disagreement on opinion has become a disagreement on facts, and because we are essentially living in different realities from one another, it's become impossible to say anything to each other, worse, since our beliefs have become matters of heartfelt faith, there is not even any means of even agreeing on how to determine what the truth of anything is.

Our freedom is being taken from us, we are being subjected to an effort to sterilize large portions of our population against their consent, worse is yet to come, and we are going to lose more and more ability to organize a pushback against what is coming down the line, so, what do we have to lose?

We need to organize, as individuals, we can be ignored or silenced, but as a group, we can stand for one another, like spartans, our brothers are our shield, the difference between a cult and a religion is numbers. The more of us there are, the more loud our voices become, then we can establish a dialog.

We need to be the ones to listen and try to hear the unspoken, often what people say is not what they mean, hey often have complicated views that they have difficulty with expressing, so we need to focus on what they think, rather than what they say, actions are more quiet than words, but far more honest, a disconnect between action and words is likely a sign that the words aren't accurately describing their true positions, if there's a double standard, there might be some unspoken reason by which they justify it to themselves.

start with the assumption that everyone has good intentions, and that everyone perceives themselves to be a victim, I think the issue is that there's no oppressor/oppressed, everyone is disadvantaged in different ways, and blind to the hardships experienced by others, which makes empathizing difficult.

I want everyone to develop empathy and understanding for one another, we can humanize the "nazis" in the public consciousness, we can have people who understand that the worst things associated with us were cries for help from a people who have had their struggles go unrecognized for too long.

When we all learn to develop compassion for the other side, we can then begin to solve all the problems, not many are familiar with what it means to be like us, we need to make them able to see what it's really like to be us, and what we truly feel about different topics.

I think we can reach them, I think we can build a bridge between us and everyone who stands against us, we strike at the heart, in order to change the heart, that is a route to peace, which in turn is a route to a true conversation that isn't controlled by just one side, when we speak our truths and misconceptions, and they speak theirs, we can build a common foundation of agreement on the facts of reality, and from there, we can start to form solutions.

I think a lot of people are having trouble with the idea of all the faction v faction conflict in their country, we've lived for a long time thinking that we were above all that, that we had democracy and free speech, and that everything could be at least somewhat resolved with words and votes alone. But now we see that elections are rigged by one group who holds control over all the positions of power in our countries, and communication has broken down, since disagreement on opinion has become a disagreement on facts, and because we are essentially living in different realities from one another, it's become impossible to say anything to each other, worse, since our beliefs have become matters of heartfelt faith, there is not even any means of even agreeing on how to determine what the truth of anything is. Our freedom is being taken from us, we are being subjected to an effort to sterilize large portions of our population against their consent, worse is yet to come, and we are going to lose more and more ability to organize a pushback against what is coming down the line, so, what do we have to lose? We need to organize, as individuals, we can be ignored or silenced, but as a group, we can stand for one another, like spartans, our brothers are our shield, the difference between a cult and a religion is numbers. The more of us there are, the more loud our voices become, then we can establish a dialog. We need to be the ones to listen and try to hear the unspoken, often what people say is not what they mean, hey often have complicated views that they have difficulty with expressing, so we need to focus on what they think, rather than what they say, actions are more quiet than words, but far more honest, a disconnect between action and words is likely a sign that the words aren't accurately describing their true positions, if there's a double standard, there might be some unspoken reason by which they justify it to themselves. start with the assumption that everyone has good intentions, and that everyone perceives themselves to be a victim, I think the issue is that there's no oppressor/oppressed, everyone is disadvantaged in different ways, and blind to the hardships experienced by others, which makes empathizing difficult. I want everyone to develop empathy and understanding for one another, we can humanize the "nazis" in the public consciousness, we can have people who understand that the worst things associated with us were cries for help from a people who have had their struggles go unrecognized for too long. When we all learn to develop compassion for the other side, we can then begin to solve all the problems, not many are familiar with what it means to be like us, we need to make them able to see what it's really like to be us, and what we truly feel about different topics. I think we can reach them, I think we can build a bridge between us and everyone who stands against us, we strike at the heart, in order to change the heart, that is a route to peace, which in turn is a route to a true conversation that isn't controlled by just one side, when we speak our truths and misconceptions, and they speak theirs, we can build a common foundation of agreement on the facts of reality, and from there, we can start to form solutions.

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