Damn, those are a lot of really good questions. I'm just going to try to answer them all with one big thought.
@armorpl8chikn is actually far more relevant to this discussion than he realizes.
@bourbonbent,
@ArmyJerry,
@2ndamendfan,
@SilentStalkr, and all of you folks are. Everyone out there that's like us is, including the non-traditionally domiciled buddy of mine that also doesn't know how to read, and who I intend to have help me run my campaign for mayor. Not because of identitarian bullshit, but because he's honest, smart, works hard, knows a shitload of people, and knows that I'll always try to make his life easier. Not in a .gov handout way, but in a way that reduces the likelihood of getting a fine or going to jail because he was doing something quintessentially American like having a garage sale without permission from anybody. I consider that about as equally as absurd as fining a kid's lemonade stand.
Look how the media spins this ridiculous bullshit about the lemonade stand.
- look at these (probably illegal alien) people with their food carts. They're cluttering up the place, let's require a permit
- Oh, but oops, an entrepeneurial kid got caught up in the mix. Well, it's either that or the illegals.
What no one saw nor drew attention to in that video is the vast number of people that LIKE the food carts and keep paying them enough to make it make sense to food cart operators to stick around. The root cause of the food carts is NOT the people operating the food carts, but the people buying shit from the food carts or otherwise facilitating their comfort in life (free healthcare, free housing, and other .gov handouts). Either people have self control issues, or what they're really saying is, "We like our food cart guys." The latter case would indicate a lack of spine because the people that liked the food carts didn't vote against the ordnance requiring business crushing regulations on them.
If you want the food carts to go away, quit feeding their operators. If you want a kid running a lemonade stand to live long and prosper, feed him more. If the kid makes shit lemonade, quit feeding him. If the kid is making great lemonade to the point people keep coming back, encourage him to make something else, like a fucking limeade, and feed him more.
It may take a sec to realize it, but there's actually not much difference between a kid happily and successfully running a lemonade store and a grown ass American talking shit on social media. The kid wants to make money and make people happy and all of that shit. The grown ass American wants kids to run lemonade stands instead of re-post propaganda on social media and all of that shit.
These are all things every single one of you can do. The process is pretty simple.
1.) Friend everyone you know.
2.) Friend all of their friends you know.
3.) Friend all of their other friends.
4.) Friend all of their friends.
5.) Friend all of their friends.
6.) Friend all of their friends.
7.) Friend all of their friends.
8.) Friend all of their friends.
9.) Friend all of their friends.
10.) Friend all of their friends.
11.) Once you have thousands or more to work with, start shitposting.
12.) Tag everyone in everything.
13.) Post on all of their political comments. Leave everything else alone.
14.) Tag everyone in everything.
@McFather said voting is no bullshit to fuck around with. I completely agree. One of the largest vectors for convincing irresponsible people to make life altering decisions at the ballot box is social media. If we all shitpost everything everywhere and tag everyone in every shitpost, they'll get bored and stop using it. Hopefully it's now pretty obvious that folks with as much time as y'all have to rant and rave about bullshit in the bearpit and how certain topics have completely convinced certain members to avoid the bearpit entirely will make more sense when I say, "What works on us works on them, too."
But to proceed to the hows and whys of what I think you're really asking when you ask, "How do you get people to have faith in a broken system?", and "How do you change a mind that can't be changed?", I think the P.S. needs to be reconciled first.
I occasionally shop at burger joints. I used to think voting was pointless. Maybe you could have changed that sooner if our paths had crossed. Maybe you can change that for someone else tomorrow morning. It's up to you, me, and everyone else to do that, though.
Ok, so... It was never about faith in the system, but in the IDEA that served as the FOUNDATION of the system. The IDEA that you and I, and everyone else, could live freely. That includes all unique definitions of freedom any individual on Earth holds, so long as it's not illegal. Some people like to make guns, cannons, bombs, drones, and random other bullshit. Some people like to make motorcycles, cars, boats, houses, fences, trailers, and whatever the fuck. Some people like to fuck kids. Those folks, as most other folks would tell you, ought to die, be castrated, locked away forever, donated to science, or whatever. Some people like to do nothing at all, but that's none of my concern morally, financially, or otherwise, unless they make it so, and in that case my course of action is mine and mine alone to determine. SOME folks would like to fuck with me, or you, or anyone else. In that case, historically, we'd just fuck 'em up. The same is actually true today, but you fucking grey men, you god damn "my voice doesn't matter" motherfuckers, you "I don't do social media" sons of bitches are doing the same god damn thing as the folks who sit there and video shit like that cop on the bridge in Cali that was shooting it out with some asshole they pulled over, and a dude in his car on the opposing side pulled over to the shoulder to record the shit from his vehicle. THIS FUCKIN GUY sat there for like 3 minutes before some backup used the hood/passenger mirror of his fuckin car as support.
That's OK, though, cuz y'all didn't realize what is possible here.
and, BTW, phone calls are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more annoying than getting tagged in some shit on facebook that you don't want to see, you don't want your friends to see, and you damn sure don't want your boss to see.
You don't convince people to have faith in a broken system. You show people WHY to have faith in an idea. How the fuck do you think anyone really came to the conclusion that it'd not only be a good idea to fight King George III, but that it'd also be possible to win and do something incredible with our newfound freedom? They weren't running around saying, "If we pass this comprehensive reform our tea prices will go down".... They were running around saying, "Fuck them, fuck their bullshit, fuck everything that they stand for. They don't belong. Don't give a shit about them. They can't ever judge us again."
A lot of folks these days just want to be left alone. I know I do. Today, though, we need to violate that. Bother the hell out of everybody relentlessly until they cease with their bullshit.
You may think this meme is ironic and/or comical, but it's not. It's the fucking truth.
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One last point. Arguing with people in public whom you know to have an unchangeable mind is beneficial in certain circumstances because the people overhearing the conversation will be influenced by it and may decide to finally grow a sack and act like an American who's not afraid to speak his mind and just might be worthy of living in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.
I hope that answered all of your questions. Thank God for America, fuck communists, and y'all have a good night.
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