I mean, adding smart features is one thing, but letting those smart features control critical functionality is different.

It depends on the ratio of failed to successful, really. If there are hundreds of millions of successful verifications, that’s a fairly low failure rate.

They catered to immunocompromised women.

That wasn’t a software decision, though. It was a hardware one.

Those suckers are built like a fortress, although Bubba probably knows a guy with a wrecking ball.

Those are maga thugs. You made the distinction between the two earlier.

The conservative voters think everyone ICE is kidnapping or killing is a violent criminal, because the media they were brainwashed into believing tells them so.

And they’re also trained that empathy is a weakness. That’s why you often see them change stances when something actually affects them. It’s not because they’re incapable of being empathetic, it’s because they’ve been trained not to be and the issue impacting them sometimes makes them realize how other people felt.

Of course, I’m definitely not saying that every person can be converted. Some people are too entrenched, but it’s definitely not all of them. But it’s absolutely a mistake to dehumanize every conservative like that. It’s one of the main tactics of fascism, and removes empathy from the equation.

Also, the approach to converting these people is crucial. If they even catch a hint that you’re talking down to them or trying to prove them wrong, they’ll shut down. You have to make it seem like you’re on board with their position, and ask clarifying questions to plant seeds of doubt.

Yes, they can. There’s a reason that college “turns kids liberal.” It’s because meeting people from various cultures and backgrounds and learning that they’re just people too does a lot to combat the indoctrination they experienced.

Many of these people literally don’t know any better because they’ve been lied to their whole lives. Critical thinking and questioning authority is actively punished. The media that they were raised on trained them to think that any other source is lying to them.

It takes work, sometimes a lot of it, but most people can be reached. I’ve personally helped several people, even converting a “god put dinosaur bones in the ground 6k years ago to test us” believer.

But saying every conservative is a sociopath incapable of change just shows that you lack the ability to be empathetic. If there’s absolutely no room for forgiveness, then what reason do they have to change?

What a stupid take. Cult deprogramming is a thing.