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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I'd be curious about what makes him different from the others. There's been some research regarding fluid intelligence* vs. crystalized intelligence, where liberals tend to be more on the fluid side. It kind of makes sense because rather than trying to figure out what they can't understand off the bat, conservatives tend to rage against it.

As far as gifts, I dunno. Maybe a puzzle game? I don't know what's big in the puzzle game world now, if anything. The idea is make your son more comfortable with the idea of tackling novel problems instead of trying to cram them into an existing framework.

*it's called "intelligence" but I tend to think of it more like a thinking strategy. Fluid intelligence being "can I think of a way to solve this?" while crystallized intelligence is "what strategy that I'm familiar with already can solve this?"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Just out of curiosity, do you know what drew him to this line of thinking in the first place? Any particular media he's consumed? Knowing how one first enters into fascism can help in undoing that damage.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’d recommend some Scott Galloway. He’s an advocate for young men, but he’s not one of those toxic manosphere types. He’s not exactly a leftist, but he’s certainly a liberal by today’s standards.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

Maga hat and the tshirt with Trumps mug shot or the picture after he got shot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)
  • subscription to Brilliant
  • museum card (go with him)
  • trip abroad
  • night out to stand up comedy
  • tickets to an anime convention

Edit: maybe get him a busuu, rosetta stone, or duolingo subscription so that he can learn a new language, and maybe the desire to travel to experience life outside of the country, learn about new cultures and people, and so on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

To be honest brilliant seemed so cool to me like 7 years ago and I got a subscription and found that I basically learnt nothing from it even though I spent hundreds of hours.

It’s good at making you “feel” like you’re learning but it’s pretty bad at actually teaching things.

A textbook will go so much further.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago
  1. Did that
  2. Did that (to Bali for graduation)
  3. that didn't well
  4. Uh... Haven't tried that yet.
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
  • Peter Kropotkin, The Conquest of Bread (1892)
  • Murray Bookchin, The Ecology of Freedom (1982)
  • Abdullah Öcalan, Democratic Confederalism (2011)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

My 1st thought as well

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The best gift will be the same understanding, acceptance, and love you show all your kids.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's hard to do that when he shows such clear disdain for his siblings.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Give him a book by Robert Nozick, so he discovers what coherent conservative philosophy sounds like

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Ooooh he's a huge reader. anarchy state and utopia? I'd like a specific suggestion. He's a huge Ayn Rand fan.

edit: I am very excited about your response because my son is too smart for the usual deprogramming tacks, but steering him away from fascism in any way would be great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Give him 1984 so he can understand where authoritarianism leads.

EDIT: who the fuck downvoted this? How is teaching a kid about the horror of authoritarianism a bad thing?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In the context of Lemmy, my best explanation is that tankies hate Orwell.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Oh god Ayn Rand? I’m surprised he has the attention span. Yeah Anarchy State and Utopia.

Steel man his perspective. Give him something he finds interesting which will also teach him to develop his argumentation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Is your kid into The Smiths? Back In The Day, all the Ayn Rand fans I knew were pretty annoying, but we could agree that The Smiths made some great music. So maybe get your kid some Smiths albums or a t-shirt or something.

(do kids still do albums these days? also, I know Morrisey has made some questionable statements, but we're talking about reaching out to a fascist here...)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

if he likes ayn rand, i would suggest bioshock: rapture by john shirley

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (16 children)

By “fascist” you mean “supports ethnic cleansing”, or “doesn’t agree with me on every single political issue”?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

holocaust documentary with real footage so he can see what the end consequences of that shit is. if seeing hundreds of naked emaciated corpses getting thrown nto huge mass graves with bulldozers doesn't make him rethink then he's a fucking psycho.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Other than fascism, what else is he into? Lean in that direction. Make it apparent that you are all a loving family, and he is a part of that as long as he remains willing to put in the work/maintenance that love requires.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A ticket to visit https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/slavery-and-freedom

or

https://www.theauschwitztours.com/

A course for https://coursebrowser.dce.harvard.edu/course/slavery-and-historical-memory/

Gift him the yellow badge. Let him wear it and slowly remove his luxury to do things throughout the December.

Disconnection notice from the ISP.

A contract to not use the internet for a year in exchange for X cash/gift.

Fake Klux invitation.

A visit to people with different views including the thing his on, plus if old people for uncool effect.

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