Like easily digestible critiques of NGOs or prison or something like that. Could also be of the liberal order in general but I don’t know if it’s too broad for a short essay.

  • ElGosso [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    And stay away from China stuff, just pretend like it doesn't exist until the person is well and truly radicalized. Don't even bring up communism or say "working class" or "proletariat", just hammer home the ways that liberalism crushes down regular people in favor of the rich and powerful. Your job is not to defend AES states, it's not to present an alternative, it's to stay on the offensive until their idea that the liberal order is worth keeping is destroyed, and to do that you have to avoid triggering any brainworms they might have

    • Lrak [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Thanks for all the advice. We settled on this article: https://citationsneeded.medium.com/news-brief-debunking-the-5-most-common-anti-palestinian-talking-points-4290327fdc06

      They described themselves as critical of Israel but not knowing that much. Should be interesting. Should probably read up on Israel history/why they are an apartheid state.

      • ElGosso [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        The best tack to take with Israel-Palestine is to focus on the evils they commit today tbh.

        • Lrak [he/him]
          hexagon
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          3 years ago

          Yeah I’ll probably focus on what makes them an apartheid state.