Poll of the Day > Be suspicious of simple answers

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That shits for fascists

or maybe teenagers

An idiot admires complexity

A genius admires simplicity

That's what Terry Davis told me

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Explaining stuff in a simple form so almost everyone can understand it, is like a basis of teaching, or some shit, idk, 2 +2 is 4.

Something something Occam's Razor blah blah blah...

darcandkharg31 posted...

2 +2 is 4.

literally fascist. Reported. /s

Keep It Simple Stupid

I'm never sat-is-fied when the answers could be real

I may not know what's right, but I know this can't be it

It's literally my job to provide simple answers to complex problems.
Overengineering is a plague on engineering.

why are simple answers fascism because explain in detail

Judgmenl posted...

It's literally my job to provide simple answers to complex problems.
Overengineering is a plague on engineering.

"Oversimplification" is literally the only way humans understand anything complicated. Math understands this, engineering understands this.

You can't fix the world if all you have is a hammer

MrMelodramatic posted...

You can't fix the world if all you have is a hammer

E=MC^2

Yellow posted...

E=MC^2

E=MC Hammer

A simple answer can be a sign of a simple person, while a person who cannot simply explain a difficult concept probably doesn't understand it.

Btw, I'm not arguing for fascism. The main problem with them is that they're wrong/intentionally lying.

I just think socialists benefit greatly by simplifying every message to bite-sized levels that are really hard to poke holes in. That way your average person is going to digest them.

"Why do we have people taking 90% of the profit when we do all the work?"
"Single-payer healthcare exists in literally every other country and is better in every single measurable way"

BlackScythe0 posted...

A simple answer can be a sign of a simple person, while a person who cannot simply explain a difficult concept probably doesn't understand it.

I can explain all of politics with one word, power. When people say they don't understand or don't care, I tell them it's all about power.

I can expand on ideas, but I always start simple.

"Politics is a struggle for power."
"Politics is the interests of the wealthy fighting for power against the interests of the poor. The wealthy want to keep things the way they are because they simply do not want an environment where their lifestyles could possibly change."

Just keeping that in mind, it's easier to spot lies, and understand how things are working as a whole. A fascist will try to keep someone thinking it's about the Jewish elite enacting some grand conspiracy, or leftist ideas perpetuated by people who are just "well meaning but stupid". But if you keep in mind that it's all about power, you start to see why things like unions are inherently good, why lobbying is bad.

You could reread paragraphs from Karl Marx, but then Jordan Peterson could overwhelm you with a 30 minute essay on how the intolerant left wants your kids to be trans, and your viewer might not be able to tell them apart in terms of legitimacy just because it's so much, and Jordan is able to match you in terms of "sounding smart".

Always answer a question with another question

Yellow posted...

I just think socialists benefit greatly by simplifying every message to bite-sized levels that are really hard to poke holes in. That way your average person is going to digest them.

This is the case for any populist rhetoric. Both socialism and fascism suffer from being driven by populism.

Judgmenl posted...

This is the case for any populist rhetoric. Both socialism and fascism suffer from being driven by populism.

The difference is that if a real socialist goes up against a fascist in an argument, 9/10 times the fascist will get humiliated, because a socialist is summarizing imperical evidence, and a fascist is telling white lies here and there to further the greater cause of "X", and "that's just how politics goes, the left does it too"

It's to the point where fascists just don't do debates with socialists. Socialists have a very hard time finding people to do real debates with. A debate with a socialist doesn't benefit a fascist.

Yellow posted...

It's to the point where fascists just don't do debates with socialists. Socialists have a very hard time finding people to do real debates with. A debate with a socialist doesn't benefit a fascist.

Remember when h3h3 snuck sam seder on steven crowder's show, and steven's response was basically "oh fuck guys I have to go lol you're an idiot"

https://youtu.be/Rr7gdj_fg4k?t=905

Yellow posted...

a real socialist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_scotsman

Hey what did @jen0125 get in trouble for

the truth is often simple

what gets complex is evading the truth

Needles bump

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