Refugee (01-05-2020)
Forums generally use opinions and beliefs, political and social science supplies the answers, but it’s not much fun as it ignores the polarization which is the ‘fun’ part itself. Societies are constructs and as such can be deconstructed using critical theory to see what makes them tick. When you know what’s inside the ‘engine’, you can also often predict how it’s going to perform and when it’s not running right.
My advice would be to start with cultural Marxism and that will take you through the Obama years. I give an explanation of it here (no need to download, scroll down to read). Then for Trump read up on nationalism and the difference between patriotism. A very brief summary is here. Understanding ideologies and how they work also provides an insight into how politicians adapt them to suit the current era, whilst trying to convince populations they’ve discovered something new.
Group think is just a way to insult those who disagree with you. I have beliefs and you have beliefs. If they are the same, it is not group thin. It is just two people who agree.
Group think is an excuse. not valid thinking.
Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
Pick your enemies carefully.
Cotton1 (01-06-2020)
True, ‘groupthink’ is based on beliefs, but when we run our lives based on beliefs don’t we miss out on reality and isn’t that more important? You can see the results of a belief system across the forum, as one side battles it out with another using sound bites and beliefs which have become so indoctrinated they’ve become facts.
I look to modifying my own data that I will have someone substantially brighter than I take the parts and create an algorithmic sum. Said algo that I envision has zero aspiration to be the best , brightest or most expensive. We already have a generation or two that do not know their way around the Dewey Decimal. We have people who can only text, not have a convo. My last gf said for me to " eat sht and die" via text. We do not have regular families. My last nice convo with my people at home having dinner was me saying " daddy loves Angel " to a cat. Even worse it ran away summer of 17'. Life sucks. With my algo for everyman im going to use certain ping points that will allow you to adjust the intelligence of it to the listeners iq. Artificial Intelligence meet Artificial Dummy
Im not kidding