Let’s say zero is straight up shutting your ears, going lalala and storming out of the room, let’s say 10 is sitting down with a Nazi, genuinely making an effort to see things from their point of view just to see if you could.
Sure this may sound ridiculous but it’s basic knowledge that studying your opponents viewpoints is the best way to counter them and get new insight yourself.
Me? Id like to think I’m a 6, I don’t cut family ties over their political opinions but I’m very likely to shut that down with a “I don’t want to speak politics with you”
Lemmy can be an echo chamber sometimes, but that doesn’t mean everyone here is a mindless zombie, how do you all deal with others who believe differently? Can you back it up?
Looking at this today, You sound like you haven’t actually looked into the history of Germany during the Nazi occupation and how normal life worked back then. Please actually read and get back to me when you recognize concepts such as the gestapo and the reality of friends and family
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933‑45 by Milton Mayer