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My favourite saying when people say 'you drank the Kool-Aid of XYZ...' is simple...

We all drink the Kool-Aid, every single one of us. The only difference is what flavour it is.

Every single person is influenced in one way or another, but we just like to think that we're special and that we are 'independent thinkers'. We're not. We're all influenced in one way or another. But we like to sound smart to make ourselves feel better.

I have lots of friends that are 'oh you so silly MP because XYZ, and this is better'.

It's not better / worse. It just doesn't align with what they feel at this point in time.

Lots of Trump supporters that I knew have gone awfully quiet over the last few months as they see how the US is falling at an alarming pace.
 
JZ67 said:
Great thread and good read. The type of conversation I would have with friends over a beer.

If I had to be the guy that throws cold water on something...critically thinking of course...I would not have put the thread in the Politics Paddock as it would seem to lead that it is politically motivated when over all it seems to be a very open discussion that would cover a much larger spectrum.
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I feel there is a political reason behind the topic of this thread.

Otherwise, @ToSlow can this be applied to animals? If so you kinda described the life of a dog. They seem pretty happy beings.
 
sburns said:
I feel there is a political reason behind the topic of this thread.

Otherwise, @ToSlow can this be applied to animals? If so you kinda described the life of a dog. They seem pretty happy beings.
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Not political, but please feel free to post thoughts
 
JZ67 said:
Great thread and good read. The type of conversation I would have with friends over a beer.

If I had to be the guy that throws cold water on something...critically thinking of course...I would not have put the thread in the Politics Paddock as it would seem to lead that it is politically motivated when over all it seems to be a very open discussion that would cover a much larger spectrum.
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I was not gonna post it in this topic but felt it would have gotten moved here at some point
 
WestBrantKid said:
I should have used AI the rewrite my last comment. It's long, choppy, and likely difficult to follow. lol
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I'm not saying it is or isn't. But I find for myself my thoughts are faster than my fingers, so I'll take any organizational help I can get.
 
Jampy00 said:
while the thoughts are my own, I utilized AI to help organize and clearly articulate them.

More and more, it feels like the choices we make aren’t entirely our own. Modern society is drifting toward a kind of “soft determinism,” where our behaviors are nudged, shaped, and sometimes outright engineered without us noticing. Free will isn’t vanishing all at once—it’s being chipped away.

3 Root Causes Behind the Decline of Free Will

1. Algorithmic Influence
Personalized feeds and recommendation systems quietly steer what we see, think, and buy. The more data these systems gather, the better they become at predicting—and influencing—our behavior.


2. Social Pressure at Scale
Online communities magnify social norms and expectations. Instead of thinking independently, many people adjust their opinions to avoid backlash, judgment, or exclusion.


3. Cognitive Overload
With constant information streams, notifications, and decisions to make, mental bandwidth shrinks. Exhausted minds fall back on shortcuts, defaults, and whatever option is easiest—not necessarily what’s freely chosen.
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I don't understand influencers having millions of followers. Follower = sheep.

Religions are all similar. A charismatic person interprets a vision and creates focal points, things to hate and things to love. They write book that self proves itself.

Our brains haven't kept up with technology. Sixty years ago, a person would go on a week's vacation and come back to find out their best friend had died and was buried. Now you know what he had for lunch. Seventy people liked what he had and forty didn't. Thirteen though his lunch was funny and five sent links to nutritional sites. PETA is hate bombing him.
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