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Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence him

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542 points xbmcuser | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 06:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.309s | source
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e40 ◴[27 Aug 25 08:52 UTC] No.45037029[source]▶
The disgust this article invokes is overwhelming.

I n my ideal world these people would be prosecuted.

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oulipo2 ◴[27 Aug 25 09:01 UTC] No.45037080[source]▶
So let's vote them out
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xyzal ◴[27 Aug 25 09:04 UTC] No.45037096[source]▶
I would love to obtain a handbook on how to convince moronic far-right leaning neighbors to change or at least soften their stance. I usually just tell them to fuck off, which apparently is not that much effective.
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1. danaris ◴[27 Aug 25 11:55 UTC] No.45038404[source]▶
The problem is, what you're talking about is essentially cult deprogramming. And (AFAIK) that's a) very, very hard, b) something one does one person or small family group at a time, and c) a process that requires some kind of personal bond with the people you're deprogramming (so if you don't have one going in, you have to be willing and able to form one).

The far, far easier (at that end of things) way to solve our problems would be to shift our economic policies to favor the poor at the expense of the very wealthy, because a huge share of the cause of their stubborn stances is economic insecurity. But unfortunately, that...probably requires getting them on board, at least to some extent. (Not to mention actually having a free and fair election again, which...looks pretty dodgy at the moment.)