• alexei_1917 [any]@hexbear.net
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      9 hours ago

      I mean, this would absolutely work on nonconformists who break rules for the sake of breaking rules, and kids/teenagers. Want a kid, or someone with a childish mindset, to study something, the best way is to convince them they’re not supposed to and they’re getting away with something. Use that on people with demand avoidance tendencies or who break rules to break rules, and use “the government doesn’t want you to read this” to reach a broader group. But yeah, if you want to get teenagers reading ML theory, this would probably work better than anything a lot of young commies are doing to radicalise peers…

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      11 hours ago

      It’s the same marketing genius saying “your electric comoany doesn’t want you plugging this 39-cent-BOM magic-beans box in” or “buy generic boner pills online with this lEgAl LoOpHoLe”…

      except they’re making bank.So I guess it would work.

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        9 hours ago

        To use this exact tactic, we’d have to hand out theory as “the government doesn’t want you to read this”, but that would absolutely work. Especially in places where current public trust in government is at an all time low.