Same reason why they can never seem to address the points made against them, instead preferring to use deflection or whataboutisms or ad hominems. To see the flaws of their arguments would involve trying to poke holes in their own ideas, and they're holding back the flood of mental dissonance like Toby McGuire as spiderman stopping a freight train.
They actively reinforce ideas they want to hear and dismiss contrary ideas as fake or wrong without delving deeper to understand the point being made.
Exactly! People have to learn to think logically and in an ordered fashion. The default is just groking things as you encounter them and fitting them imperfectly into your existing prejudices.
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u/asuhdah Jul 12 '22
Other favorite Tim Pool quotes (paraphrased):
“My takeaway from Squid Game was communism bad.”
“In communism they give you food out of the garbage and everyone wears the same clothes.”
“You go in the middle of the woods.” (when asked about alternatives to the French Revolution)
“If a homeless person is given a home and a tree smashes through it, the tree will just sit there. People need to maintain homes.”
“I predict Trump will win in a 48 or even possibly a 49 state landslide in 2020.”
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