Posted on 01/01/2022 6:55:44 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica
I mainly just want to ask the question, see what kinds of responses I may get or what other discussions flow from it. What could we do to automate conservatism? This can be both in the form of reaching new people as well as helping educate others around us of new things they may not have known.
So far the most prominent answer I have found for myself is the audiobooks. I will be creating those for many years to come as the opportunities for education are immense.
Over the years I have tried to get out of my comfort zone and re-assess, to look back at successes or failures and make changes, just in case I might be missing something or if others have told me something and see something of value. It's 2022! We made it! There are some new things I want to try with the ProgressingAmerica project going forward.
So. In what ways do you think we could automate conservatism?
Here on Free Republic, the most conservative site on the web, we have many who vociferously oppose upholding the Constitution when it states only those who are naturally Americans may be President because it excludes their favorite child of a foreigner born with multiple nationalities.
We’re never getting it back.
At some point we need to actually agree to be a TEAM with a common goal and actually stick to the play book one play at a time. Right now personal interest priorities are just tripping up everyone who tries to run for the end zone.
So. In what ways do you think we could automate conservatism?
https://kirkcenter.org/conservatism/ten-conservative-principles/
Well, just the word “conservatism” maybe needs to change. There is baggage with the word. Look at your name “progressiveAmerica.” That implies something new, more advanced, whereas conservatism suggest things that are old and out dated for many people. That the perception part. The reality part is that being a conservative is actually being a rebel (what a contradiction) in America. Being a real rebel, and not Hollywood’s glamorized notion of a rebel. But again the name conservative conjures up all kinds of negative associations that goes against America’s love of the NEW.
I’ve always thought that leftism needs to be re-branded as reactionary.
That’s great! Never thought of that. Yeah, make them eat their own terms.
If I can think of any single obstacle to overcome in today’s political climate, it’s confirmation bias.
So, in addition to apolitical mentoring of students, which I’ve been doing for the last nine years (with a focus on personal empowerment and development of a clear sense of causality in the world around them), I will focus this year on curricular development, especially in history, language, grammar and economics with clear, honest content aligned around a common set of logic-based analytical tools (and all that with precise use of the third-person plural pronoun...).
Having taught high school for 10 years, I know that the most students are ill-equipped to identify reality, as they are not taught logic, causality, and distinction. For example, the 1619 Project cannot stand if scrutinized with simple regression analysis. I have seen students completely change their minds on a social or political topic — topics, not outlooks, as confirmation bias is never defeated in a single blow — when employing logic-based and not persuasion-based analysis. My goal is to build standard curricula around these tools.
Any time we can help someone see a situation or topic logically we make the world that much less imperfect.
“Subtitle overlays for popular movies”
OH you mean like the facebook Covid warnings? lol
I’m having trouble with “automate” used here. Are we talking “animation by electro-mechanical means”?
Speaking of confirmation bias, check out Sharyl Attkisson’s interview w/ Mikki Willis, creator of the documentary “Plandemic”: https://justthenews.com/podcasts/sharyl-attkisson-podcast/story-behind-plandemic
At min 29:44, he discusses how as a leftist activist, he was in “a political cult.” “And I believed everything at face value and fought for those ideologies, and I really had no idea what they meant. But the fact that my tribe, by agreeing to these things I was constantly rewarded by people saying, ‘Yes, good boy,’ “thank you for saying that,’ ... there’s a constant reward, people want to fit in, the power of agreement, a false way of connecting with a community... A true community is [one] you can disagree with and still love each other and still be connected ... the moment I disagreed I just was attacked, and that’s how you know it’s a cult... cult-like in its psychological behavior.”
Earlier in the podcast he explained what turned him, realizing that Bernie Sanders was just a commie and that the media lied about Nick Sandman. (Says he went to do a documentary in support of Native Americans about the incident and realized the false narrative immediately.)
As I said before, confirmation bias is a uniquely strong emotional filter to reality. We have to help people to see past their own biases. My approach is teaching logic and critical analysis.
.SRT files is what I was thinking
Term limits for elected officials doesn’t solve the problem of lack of term limits in the unelected bureaucracies where the real power seems to reside.
Like this? https://conservapedia.com
That’s unbelievable. Hahaah... glad I didn’t move forward on that one!
I meant term limits for all offices. Elected, appointed, or whatever. Including SCOTUS.
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