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Why it’s so hard to change people’s minds: Confirmation bias, anchoring, and threats to identity

October 6, 2024/9 Comments/in General/by Kevin MacDonald

Especially when beliefs, such as the evils of Whites standing up for their interests, are so engrained in people’s minds after a lifetime of propaganda. And you’ll lose your friends and family, and maybe your job. It’s an uphill struggle.

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 6, 2024

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  1. Freddy
    Freddy says:
    October 6, 2024 at 4:21 pm

    https://radiorenaissance.substack.com/p/white-men-are-our-nations-biggest
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/05/growth-of-far-right-active-clubs-uk-misogyny
    https://odysee.com/@MarkCollett:6/The-Nationalist-A-Team-E36:5

  2. Michaela H.
    Michaela H. says:
    October 7, 2024 at 6:06 am

    This video clip is really sophomoric brainwashing. Kind of psychology trivia. The nature vs nurture model ignores the fact that different natures will react differently in same environments (same propaganda included.) People are not taught/allowed to think critically, critical thinking is a danger to hegemony which thrives on fear. Yet the history of human culture is proof that high intelligence (nature) is invariably swayed by critical thinking regardless of the environment (nurture/propaganda.) Take just two examples, Spinoza or Nietzsche who formulate their philosophies against/in spite of, their etnic/religious backgrounds.
    And an interesting article on mass psychology

    https://tobyrogers.substack.com/p/hypnosis-stockholm-syndrome-and-hegemony

    • Harry Jones
      Harry Jones says:
      October 9, 2024 at 9:44 am

      The human brain is the supreme achievement of cosmic evolution. It needs protection against drugs and disinformation. Young people need to be rescued from echo chamber opinions, especially the pseudo-religion of woke. The critical mind should weigh up different sides of an argument, and judge comparative credibility by rational criteria of examination; for example, to weigh Holocaust publications against one another – Burleigh and Evans against Mattogno and Wear.
      Same applies to current conflicts, from Donbas to Lebanon. Whatever the case against Moscow or Tehran, we can still resist involvement in world war for “Jewlensky or Netanyajew”.

  3. Freddy
    Freddy says:
    October 7, 2024 at 7:19 am

    https://i.ibb.co/gRhcX6d/weapon.jpg

    a) “At the enemy!” b) “Halt – who goes there?” c) “Give it to ’em!”
    The little cowboy seems to have a “German background” in a way.

    https://www.perplexity.ai/search/did-john-philip-falter-have-ge-BFqqASH5SUKq38xQAeMKbg

    Only the little Brit has to make
    do with a police baton. But who
    is seriously surprised by this???

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3183320/Police-car-makeover-gay-pride-Sussex-force-decorate-vehicle-stars-rainbows-support-event-Brighton.html

  4. Rudolf
    Rudolf says:
    October 7, 2024 at 8:33 pm

    Gynocentist and matriachist Kyle Hunt’s runaway hyper-masculine pagan “goddess” Sinny hasn’t delivered any vocals for a long time, just mindless techno-house noise. Not even as a cover version, remixed by her new brownish lovers.

    For the disheartened Florida resident Kyle, as an outcast satyr, this could be decoded as a hopeful sign of an inner lack of freedom and a profound phase of creative inhibition in Sinny, which she is at the mercy of without him.

    I have therefore taken the liberty of writing a text for Sinny that roughly reflects her state of mind. As music, I suggest a song that actually dates from 1981, but of which there is a remix, sung by a Portuguese woman living in Germany.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRrxrqOPfBs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czA66jXjEVE

    The song is even part of Scott’s “House of Gucci”, although it was never a hit in English-speaking countries and no version with English lyrics exists. In this respect, my lyrics can finally help Sinny achieve her international breakthrough and reunite with Kyle, because it is tailor-made for her.

    https://screenrant.com/house-gucci-soundtrack-guide-song-every/
    https://upmovies.net/watch/Nx4lOEWx-house-of-gucci.html

    Special Nights Without My Slave

    My toaster danced a jig when I thought of you,
    While my cat wore sunglasses, sipping on a brew.
    The fridge started singing, a wild serenade,
    But you were busy meditating in a spa parade.

    Chorus:

    Oh, what a night, with waffles in the sky,
    My goldfish is a DJ, spinning tunes oh so spry.
    You’re lost in wellness, while I’m here in a whirl,
    My bass box exploded—oh, what a crazy world!

    Verse 2:

    The vacuum cleaner’s rapping, it thinks it’s so cool,
    While my socks are plotting mischief in the laundry pool.
    A llama in a tuxedo just joined the fun,
    But you’re off with cucumbers; I’m the only one!

    (Repeat Chorus)

    Bridge:

    In this madness, time is doing cartwheels too,
    A pancake flew by wearing a bright shade of blue.
    Every moment’s silly; laughter fills the air,
    As I chase my dreams while riding on a bear!

    (Repeat Chorus)

    Outro:

    Oh, what a night, with chaos all around,
    My bass box exploded—what a joyful sound!
    You’re lost in wellness, but here’s the twist:
    In this absurdity, it’s you I can’t resist!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pleiPo5qm14
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo6utVdW-4w

  5. Rudolf
    Rudolf says:
    October 7, 2024 at 10:19 pm

    Hispano boy Muttbeaner has declared war on the “nordicist (i.e. Aryan) race”. This would have taken away all the achievements of his fictitious tribe, which he will reclaim in a triumphant victory march. A long overdue Celt-Iberian Alliance is about to be founded. The final breakthrough is imminent.

    However, Brandy will probably remain its only member and honorary chairman in personal union. But what Slavs have in common with Iberians, apart from the fact that they inhabit the same continent in completely different corners, can only be answered by the Czecho-Canadian “El Madador”. Scholars disagree as to whether the thesis of Celtiberians is tenable at all.

    “Conceptual criticism: Whether and to what extent the Celtiberian tribes actually emerged from a mixture of Celts and Iberians or essentially represent one of the two groups is unclear. It is possible that it was more of a kind of symbiosis or merely a diverse, not always peaceful neighborhood with a certain amount of mutual cultural influence.”

    https://odysee.com/@martinezperspective:2/cel-iberai:7

  6. Santoculto
    Santoculto says:
    October 9, 2024 at 9:20 am

    Irrationality

    Such an extremely pervasive deficiency

  7. Santoculto
    Santoculto says:
    October 9, 2024 at 9:25 am

    Most of us, as well all non human Animals, are evolutionarily designed to stick our own business: identity, sense of self or purpose… And not to minimize ourselves, our own perspective, expectations, beliefs, to being more capable to internalize facts even or specially the inconvenient ones. One of the biggest example of it is the continuous prevalence of religious beliefs and specially in the West today mostly replaced by secular ideological beliefs.

  8. ps
    ps says:
    October 9, 2024 at 10:57 am

    PS on “Conan”: For psychiatrist Prof. Matthias Franz, such figures are hyperphallic screen heroes who are presented or sold to our father-hungry and fatherless youngsters instead of healthy and positive masculinity. According to my theory, such “bodybuilder” types would not be able to survive an actual war in rough terrain, as they lack the stamina and coordination in a team and their bodies devour unfathomable amounts of energy all the time, which would be impossible to provide in emergency situations. They have to carry all that extra muscle mass around with them all the time, which puts a strain on the skeleton. Hiding behind a tree or staying flat on the ground quickly and flexibly when attacked also seems to be a disadvantage with this kind of misshapen body. Vikings certainly didn’t look like pimps or bouncers for disreputable nightclubs. They are pure fantasy products of a narcissistic consumer society.

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