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I can feel your concern about that (posting about politics), considering all the supervision, populism (sheep-ism?) and demonization of thinking not alligned with peoples own best interests. Sometimes the price could possibly be very high indeed.
Howewer, you should not underestimate the influence that you yourself have with such critical thinking, and thruth seeking mentality. What I'm trying to say is that you often and very much take the first step in right direction, and with that pave the way for many others willing to evolve to something more, something better.
As much as you have to be careful as you are pointing out(consequentialism), I hope that you find the drive and motivation to still not give it all up(utilitarianism), but rather try to titrate your own efforts to maximize reward>consequence? The world very much needs people like you, that I strongly believe, now more than ever...
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I appreciate the nice words. Truth is, having critical thinking is one skill, communicating it properly is another different skill. It takes a lot of ability, both intellectual and psychological, to communicate ideas properly, particularly in the current era where there seems to be a lot of dogma. On the dogma point, I'm in agreement with those who say that political ideology is replacing religion. It is very difficult to argue against religion.
I'm also worried about the USA moving toward fascism. I'm not an American citizen, I'm from Canada and I have brown skin. A lot of people far smarter than me failed to survive Hitler.
So I do talk on FB, but about less controversial things. I try not to talk about politics, and not to talk about dating. The latter is less politically controversial but more socially controversial. It's extremely dangerous to say that looks matter in a conversation with normals, most people say it's all about personality, compatibility, and confidence -- even as they spend a lot of time+money on makeup, clothes, the gym, braces, and they skip dessert. The other problem with discussing dating is that I risk mentioning scenarios where women have an advantage relative to men, and such scenarios don't exist according to many people, just hypothesizing about them is a threat to the established order. It won't matter how well-written my arguments, if I write the dating-related posts you see her on FB, people will conclude that my issue is low confidence and bad game, that I'm whining, etc. I've had women with extensive online dating experience tell me that all that matters is if a man has his life together, knows how to dress himself, and writes a good first message. It's all about confidence. I had another woman tell me that I don't need to worry about children, because I'm a man and men can have children when they're 90. She was serious and doubled down in a subsequent conversation, she's very intelligent in real life: six figure salary, worldly, masters, law degree, getting a PhD, but intelligence, reason, experience, etc are no match for dogma.
I therefore talk about less controversial things like nutrition, and films.
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