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azn_cyniq

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I dealt with people like these plenty of times. Believe it or not they can change, faster than you may think. Cognitive dissonance is the critical state of change, when internal inconsistency make people too uncomfortable to ignore. Either they will invent new self-deception, or they could cope. Cope is not exactly true to reality, but it shift them in the right direction. Do it couple of times and they will be pretty close.

Ex:

>J-20 shows up.
"It is fake"

>More images show up.
"It is a crappy plane"

>Video of J-20 doing cool manneuvers.
"Not bad, but it is an inferior copy of our tech"

>J-20 number ramps up, 2 seater shows up. No F-22 or F-35 2 seater.
"Not as good as ours, but we should take it seriously"

Notice they can still get closer to reality even though never quite get there. All you need to pull them in the right direction within their landscape of acceptance.
People who say those things tend to be far less intelligent than us. In other words, we're operating on a different plane and there is absolutely nothing to gain from interacting with those people. That's the harsh truth. Time is valuable, and it should not be wasted on such people.
 

TK3600

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People who say those things tend to be far less intelligent than us. In other words, we're operating on a different plane and there is absolutely nothing to gain from interacting with those people. That's the harsh truth. Time is valuable, and it should not be wasted on such people.
They are the majority of the population, you must learn to deal with them one way or the other.
 

Chevalier

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The atlanticists demand yet more blood sacrifices for Khorne. It may sound coldblooded but it would be to China's benefit if the Anglos put in their own blood and treasure in Europe and far away from Asia. Naturally that means if you live in an Anglo nation, you should consider avenues of exit to avoid being drafted.

I dealt with people like these plenty of times. Believe it or not they can change, faster than you may think. Cognitive dissonance is the critical state of change, when internal inconsistency make people too uncomfortable to ignore. Either they will invent new self-deception, or they could cope. Cope is not exactly true to reality, but it shift them in the right direction. Do it couple of times and they will be pretty close.

Ex:

>J-20 shows up.
"It is fake"

>More images show up.
"It is a crappy plane"

>Video of J-20 doing cool manneuvers.
"Not bad, but it is an inferior copy of our tech"

>J-20 number ramps up, 2 seater shows up. No F-22 or F-35 2 seater.
"Not as good as ours, but we should take it seriously"

Notice they can still get closer to reality even though never quite get there. All you need to pull them in the right direction within their landscape of acceptance.
The evolution of this cognitive dissonance eventually turns into the Western Ah Q. "I may not be as powerful as you but at least i'm morally superior!!"
And then you have the Indian cognitive dissonance which is that India was, has and always will be morally and technologically superior!! Jai Hind!
 

FriedButter

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>J-20 shows up.
"It is fake"

>More images show up.
"It is a crappy plane"

>Video of J-20 doing cool manneuvers.
"Not bad, but it is an inferior copy of our tech"

>J-20 number ramps up, 2 seater shows up. No F-22 or F-35 2 seater.
"Not as good as ours, but we should take it seriously"

Notice they can still get closer to reality even though never quite get there. All you need to pull them in the right direction within their landscape of acceptance.

Only the ones who bother looking at military topics/planes are around step 3 or 4. Which does not account for the other 99% who are sitting around step 1 or 2.
 

zbb

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2024 World Happiness report
Look at who is at #31 on the list
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Not sure how the USA can be that high on the happiness list, heck how did the uk end up there

There are major cultural differences in how people answer questions like "how are you doing and how happy are you?". Just look at the fact that Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and China all ranked well below countries like Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
 

_killuminati_

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Canada is weird. Land is abundant but housing cost is sky high. With high housing cost, they also decide to let in millions of immigrants to further compete with locals. This is similarly happening in the US as well.
Not only that but the country is rich in natural resources used to make the homes. Yet homes are limited and too costly..

A large chunk of residential properties, particularly in the major cities, are also sitting empty because they are investment properties owned by entities (both foreign and local) that do not intend on living in them. Some of them are used as hotels via AirBnB.

I see lot of people in Canada complain about the insane real estate prices, but many of them themselves are involved in investing in properties in which they don't intend to live. The ones who cannot afford such investments think the same way, i.e. "when I have money, I will invest in real estate".

It's one thing I've seen develop in Canada in the past 10-15 years: both individuals and corporations investing in real estate as the sole platform to increase their financial portfolios. I mean, you'd expect Roger's (the largest telecommunications company in the country) to be developing new systems and tech, but instead they are investing in residential condos.
 

zbb

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Finally, someone made an accounting of global military spending that includes all US military spending instead of just that of the official DoD budget. True total US military spending is over $1.5 trillion per year and more than the rest of the world combined.

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