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Happens way too often😮‍💨 (europe.pub)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

mid 20s

I do think it's possible for older people to change their mind but the longer that they hold on to these ideas the more entrenched they become in their minds and the harder it is for them to change

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    It's also the more they have to lose. If they've built their whole personality and social group around bullshit, they will hang onto the bullshit.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I think this has a LOT to do with how susceptible a person is to reason that goes against their existing beliefs. I also turned away from the conservative rhetoric in my early twenties. I wasn't really invested in any group, just talking with a few dudes on a gun forum. I didn't have a lot to lose in terms of social investment. But for rural people, going against the right wing narrative could mean being isolated from their whole physical community.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    agreed. some people are completely unwilling to consider other ideas because they don't want to be wrong when presented with anything that conflicts with their world view they will double down instead you can see this with cults that make a doomsday prediction a lot of people will still stay in the cult even after the doomsday prediction has been undeniably proven to be wrong they will find a way to continue to rationalize their beliefs and stay in the cult.

    I still feel like there must be a way to get through to these kinds of people after all people do still leave cults even after being in them for many years but I'm not sure how to do that.

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