> And you don't think understanding how people delude themselves is good to 1) convince them 2) not fall prone to the same traps?
I think that if you project wrong motivations on them, you wont understand how they "deluded" themselves nor prevent yourself to fall for the same trap. If their motivation is "scientists are liberals and I want to hurt them" or "I want actually Christian conservative religious state and these institutions are threat to that goal", no amount of theorizing about money saving will get you to the understanding.
If you want to start with understanding someone's motivation, you can not start by projecting best most palatable motivations on them. Nor should you start be projecting worst ones ... but that is NOT where we are or were for years.
For years, conservatives and especially Trump had best possible motivations projected on them. And it only served to their benefit. The whole center ended up not believing their goals, even as they stated or wrote about them regularly. The whole center was busy policing those who actually listened to conservatives and very accurately predicted what they will do. Again and again.
> Personally I want to fix things, not pick random needless fights. I want to stop chaos, not create more.
You are not stopping the chaos by making what is going on more palatable by sane washing it. It just empowers the chaos.
> Picking fights is just what Trump wants you to do
No, Trump want us all to act like republicans do. Never argue with him, enable enable enable. Praise him and kiss his behind.
I think that if you project wrong motivations on them, you wont understand how they "deluded" themselves nor prevent yourself to fall for the same trap. If their motivation is "scientists are liberals and I want to hurt them" or "I want actually Christian conservative religious state and these institutions are threat to that goal", no amount of theorizing about money saving will get you to the understanding.
If you want to start with understanding someone's motivation, you can not start by projecting best most palatable motivations on them. Nor should you start be projecting worst ones ... but that is NOT where we are or were for years.
For years, conservatives and especially Trump had best possible motivations projected on them. And it only served to their benefit. The whole center ended up not believing their goals, even as they stated or wrote about them regularly. The whole center was busy policing those who actually listened to conservatives and very accurately predicted what they will do. Again and again.
> Personally I want to fix things, not pick random needless fights. I want to stop chaos, not create more.
You are not stopping the chaos by making what is going on more palatable by sane washing it. It just empowers the chaos.
> Picking fights is just what Trump wants you to do
No, Trump want us all to act like republicans do. Never argue with him, enable enable enable. Praise him and kiss his behind.