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#persuasion

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Still Mad About CD Prices

I have a friend who is pretty much a #Republican by default (i.e., he claims to be apolitical but only consistently avoids political topics when the Republican position is the status quo; he will comment on other issues). He might be trying out a new "open mindedness" thing, though, and he once even claimed to be "more or less an #Anarchist" at heart.

I'm making a list of #questions to ask him about #anarchy. They were significantly more provocative until my partner (who is very good at this kind of thing) offered some rewordings:

Anarchy questions

  • How do you feel about the unrestricted movement of people? (i.e., #OpenBorders)

  • What are your thoughts on loving relationships (romantic/sexual) with multiple partners (i.e., more than 2), where everyone consents, up to and including marriage? (i.e., #polyamory, #RelationshipAnarchy, etc.)

  • How would you feel about your children having an equal voice in their education, along with all other individuals that are a part of their school around decisions like hours of operation, topics taught, hiring, etc.? (i.e., #AlternativeSchools, #AlternativeEducation)

  • What are your thoughts about individual police accountability when officers break laws?

  • What is your cost/benefit analysis of the existence of #police?

  • What is your cost/benefit analysis of the existence and/or current implementation of #prisons?

  • What are your thoughts on people inhabiting abandoned houses they don't own? (i.e., #squatting)

  • What do you think about #RightToRoam (i.e., even private land should allow people to freely pass through, temporarily camp, etc.)?

Notes:

  • I'm purposefully staying away from questions about capitalism, socialism, or other economic systems; I think his brain would just shut down.
  • Same with LGBTQIA+ issues; he's LDS (and devout), so that will run directly into current doctrine/practice/programming and end the discussion.
  • I'm just sharing this to share; I don't need feedback or suggestions but am open to them.
  • I do not believe I can call myself an anarchist. I resonate strongly with many anarchist principles but I don't walk the walk and there are some issues I'm not totally comfortable with.
#persuasion#ProbablyWontWork
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Liberal Currents

"The Movement correctly identified that their victories would have to come through #persuasion—but a persuasion that went beyond a well-written op-ed. They arranged situations in which they could demonstrate the righteousness of their cause through actions." liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win

Liberal Currents · How to Win a Rigged GameThe Civil Rights Movement is worth studying not just because they were right, but because they won.
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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

🔴 **Domination vs. Persuasion: The Role of Libido Dominandi in Adam Smith’s Thought**

_“We love to dominate not because we seek approval but because, through ordering, we do not need to persuade others to foster our ends. We are free from the troublesome endeavor of persuading them.”_

Santori, P. (2025) ‘Domination vs. Persuasion: The Role of Libido Dominandi in Adam Smith’s Thought’, The Review of Politics, pp. 1–18. doi: doi.org/10.1017/S0034670524000.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #AdamSmith #Politics #Domination #Persuasion #Academia #Academic

#Image attribution: Etching created by Cadell and Davies (1811), John Horsburgh (1828) or R.C. Bell (1872)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

A profile of Adam Smith. Date: original work in 1787. Etching produced in 1811, 1828 or 1872
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Paula Gordon

Today's ray of sunshine was Miss White at the IRS call center. No, really. She was so pleasant and helpful and we talked about faxing.
#CustomerService #GoodPhone

Hashtag reminds me of working as a stage manager, spending lots of time trying to wheedle discounts and donations "for program credit." My colleagues and I used to joke about giving good phone. You had to read the person on the other end -- did they respond to flattery, to acting dumb, to getting to the point?
#theater #persuasion

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Lupposofi

@tg9541 I haven't checked the contents of the new IL-issue yet. Not sure when I can. One article, however, the one about argumentation and change of minds, brought to my mind a short comment I made to Catarina Dutilh Novaes's 2023 article with an almost identical title: mastodontti.fi/@lupposofi/1106

MastodonttiLupposofi (@lupposofi@mastodontti.fi)@cdutilhnovaes@akademienl.social Food for thought, certainly, though somewhat depressing. Arguments begin to seem like scalpels, which can heal only after tedious preparations. I'm not comfortable with the SET-framework (too much "capitalism", play, and courtship), but promise to recheck at least the SEP-entry on Trust, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/trust/. And of course the whole SEA-project interests a retired professional wonderer even without social rewards. 😉 #argument #epistemology #philosophy
#argument#argumentation#informalLogic
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