I invest in people.
The "human condition" likes security and is therefore reluctant to change, unless the perception is there's more security on the other side of change. Another part of the "human condition" is an innate desire to learn (some more or less than others).
I start small. Face time, real conversation, not a phone in sight. I learn from them what they know about current events. Find out where they get their news. Learn what are their leanings / interests.
SHOW THEM REAL INTEREST IN THEM. I ask them if they're provisioned with food and water for every person in their household, for at least a month.
I invite them for a sandwich (learning is stronger with food!) while I let them see "my" news networks.
Every one of them has been floored to learn the "other side". I ask them what they know about socialism and communism. I ask them if they want to be a communist. If you actually show them what they're missing, make it friendly and easy, their curiosity takes over and they start asking questions. Be ready to give honest, truthful, verifiable answers.
For a very few that I assess won't be freaked out by it, and those who become insistent on finding more on their own, I show them a couple of my information resources.
Give it a try. Gotta be gentle. Fear of the unknown makes people skittish, and that can work either against curiosity or open a floodgate.
I invest in people.
The "human condition" likes security and is therefore reluctant to change, unless the perception is there's more security on the other side of change. Another part of the "human condition" is an innate desire to learn (some more or less than others).
I start small. Face time, real conversation, not a phone in sight. I learn from them what they know about current events. Find out where they get their news. Learn what are their leanings / interests.
SHOW THEM REAL INTEREST IN THEM. I ask them if they're provisioned with food and water for every person in their household, for at least a month.
I invite them for a sandwich (learning is stronger with food!) while I let them see "my" news networks.
Every one of them has been floored to learn the "other side". I ask them what they know about socialism and communism. I ask them if they want to be a communist. If you actually show them what they're missing, make it friendly and easy, their curiosity takes over and they start asking questions. Be ready to give honest, truthful, verifiable answers.
For a very few that I assess won't be freaked out by it, and those who become insistent on finding more on their own, I show them a couple of my information resources.
Give it a try. Gotta be gentle. Fear of the unknown makes people skittish, and that can work either against curiosity or open a floodgate.