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Used to refer to a process by which a person's perspective is dramatically transformed, introducing them to a new and typically disturbing understanding of the true nature of a particular situation.

Let's say you were told the story of the Last Supper in the year 311. It was a powerful story for Christians at that time. If Christianity or Islam or Judaism or Buddhism or whatever helps you with a new understanding of the true nature of a particular situation, all the better. But my reference is mainly to political change and social groups that can help with it by sharing helpful information that may be shocking at first, but is understood to help motivate people.

[–]fschmidt 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Politics is absolutely useless when the general population is depraved scum as it is now. I give credit to the Left for understanding how to implement change. They focused on education and turned universities into essentially churches of Satan. In other words, the Left changed values at a fundamental level and this is how they won. Because the Right fails to understand this, they will lose. Decent people should mostly forget politics and focus on supporting a good religious community.

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Politics is absolutely useless when the general population is depraved scum as it is now.

Not true.

I give credit to the Left for understanding how to implement change. They focused on education and turned universities into essentially churches of Satan.

I see - this is the conversation you want to have. Universities were founded by clerics and humanist (moral) goals. Much of that continues.

In other words, the Left changed values at a fundamental level and this is how they won.

Definitely not that simple.

Because the Right fails to understand this, they will lose.

No - right-wing influencers are sophisticated and will help win additional elections (though with disinformation)

Decent people should mostly forget politics and focus on supporting a good religious community.

Yes - that's it - people in good religious communities should not bother to vote. But these religious communities are highly political, and they were the reason Trump was able to get electoral college votes 4 years ago. (It's our responsibility to vote in every election.)