The idea that normies and NPCs don't communicate, but instead they "cast spells". As in they just try to find the right combination of words to get you to do what they want?
For instance, they want to shut you up, so they yell "that's bigoted". You might not even be racist in that moment, but it is something they say because they want you to stop talking.
What is the origin on that? I'm trying to share it with a friend. Thanks.
I lost some 90% of my friend group between covid and "controversial trans stuff" occurring alongside covid. Didn't refute my arguments, didn't ponder my arguments, just stopped talking to me once I cited true, observable statistics and well-known science. I even had more than one guy DM me and say (paraphrased) "you're right, but we can't be friends anymore." And in one case I said I understood - his wife and sister had/have more permanent connections to him than I did/do, so he was preserving his social safety net in lieu of the truth. Like any good collectivist would do - "Go along to get along" becomes "go along to get it wrong."
Got accused of watching Fox News and written off as a "Fox News watcher" from yet another long time friend even though I very much don't watch Fox News, so idk where that idea even came from if not collectivist programming to "other" people like me (and the "other" are a collective too in their mind, so they all do the same thing).
I could go through all of them, but suffice it to say... I guess we've had different experiences. The past 5-6 years have been a referendum on the truth in my life, with most of my (ex) friends opting for the lies.
It may have to do with image of the person by the npc. I am in a position of trust and I am generally viewed as knowledgeable and a good point of discussion and advice.
It could also be geographic. If you are in a very liberal hive then the masses will outweigh you by too much to do anything. Like I said before, it plants the seed, and when enough seeds are planted and the zeitgeist starts shifting, they will grow. You arent doing it for today. Youre doing it for your kids. Those little doubts add up.