No one is more self-centered, childish, and entitled than the person who wants everyone else governed for his safety and convenience.
And yet they get off on claiming everyone else is "childish" and "Utopian".
It's completely upside down and backwards, and we know it. It's classic projection.
Don't just nod along when they express this nonsense. Let them see that you know it.
Offer a mature alternative and make them reject it.
Ask about the glaring inconsistencies they ignore and see how they justify them.
Make them confront the cognitive dissonance they gloss over and watch them squirm.
Let their own contradictions trip them up.
They'll never admit anything, but if you do it right, you will have planted a seed that the real world will continue to water. Some day, it will bear fruit. Some day, they'll notice the projection they are trapped in.
Unless politics has rendered them too stupid to grow. In that case, the best you can do is play with their minds to strengthen your own.
Thank you for reading.
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