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While I like the sentiment, it's not entirely true.
You can't convince people to change their core beliefs. That's not how deprogramming works anyway. Cult deprogramming starts by asking them to explain and asking questions that let them unravel the problem themselves. Pointing out people's internal contradictions tends to reinforce them, but when they run in to their own contradictions those absurd beliefs tend to unravel.
questioning their logic is really effective, ask one good question and don't expect an answer. that question will haunt them and make them realize they're probably wrong a few hours/days later.
actually saved someone from the "immigrants bad, pure germans strong" rabbithole.
I'm curious, how did you do that?
long story short, the whole eugenics thing doesn't make sense. the nordics nor the aryans never actually existed.
i asked questions about what seperates them from their neighbour (who may be an immigrant) besides their mother tongue and what group of people they decide they wanna hang out with.
a lot of what we call "race" is just culture IMO. sure, you have slightly darker skin or better hair growth to deal with enviromental things like sand or the sun. but our brains aren't wired much different.
make them question the little things. then the whole picture doesn't make sense anymore. a lot of what they parrot around is still basically what a deranged nazi on drugs thought up to basically pin the blame on "Ausländer".
Inception rules basically