The majority of people are stupid and most experts are either mindless sheep or smart but unable to express themselves fully.

reading different shit?

Talking to people, watching debates etc

exactly

thats my whole point

talking to people is beneficial

But you're missing *my* point, you don't have to go talk to some dumb leftists to hear different ideas

i don’t necessarily mean leftists in general

My worldview is finding who is beneficial to society and who is parasitic and it's a very useful worldview. It's neither left or right wing and since it is based on my values, it's never wrong.

i mean people outside of an echo chamber

I mostly changed from talking to people who were already similar to me, but we still had some differences and they argued their piece well

I don't think echo chambers exist without censorship

Tbh

The less general a topic is, the more likely I am to change my mind when exposed to people talking about it.

I don't seek out opposing viewpoints, I seek out intelligent people.

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People who are worth talking to

People like destiny are a waste of time

intelligent people can have opposing viewpoints though

They can

to write off anyone who disagrees with you as “unintelligent” seems

Intelligent people have a long list of books they've read, concepts they understand, etc. and there is a 0% chance you studied everything they have studied in the same detail.

But a lot of intelligent people also fall for emotional manipulation/propaganda

idk childish

I'm not saying that Black

im not talkin abt what u said legitimate

Okie doke

People who disagree with me aren't unintelligent, but people who operate on the most basic level of understanding the world *are* unintelligent. Whether that's a MAGA Trump supporter or a shitlib.

You usually have to be intelligent to some degree to get to a level of understanding the world that's actually somewhat accurate

But it isn't intelligence alone, it's defeating confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance

That leads you to the truth

i can agree with that

You really don't need to be exposed to a group of people saying, "Build the wall!" over and over to know immigration, nor do you need to argue with basic shitlibs who want no borders whatsoever on the basis of their moral view to study immigration.

Yeah

I know what mainstream politics has to offer and it's all shit

None of it leads to the world I want to live in

That's why so much of my argumentation is, "Why do you support this?" since it's always about someone's moral motivations to support a policy.

The only variation is in their central motivations because they all use the same arguments over and over.

Yeah they aren't very original

whats your opinion of the current state of the govt rn

It's unfixable.