Desperate refugees are willing to work for scraps and live in appalling conditions because they know how bad things can get

This may seem unusual because poor people in South Africa live in appalling conditions already, but they are heavily protected under expansive labour laws. Illegal immigrants are not.

When you add in our 30% unemployment rate it shows that the anger in developed countries over immigration pales in comparison to what is brewing here in #southafrica

@spdrnl I won't pretend to speak for other countries because South Africa also does in person voting, but I agree.

It also makes voting a more tangible exercise.

@cynblogger luckily I think there are truths that most of us can recognize, like the fact that we're all struggling to cope with the present.

Maybe that can be a starting point?

Arguments like this rely on what is evident and obvious as being the argument. The sceptic then has to show a valid objection.

We can pull people back from the precipice of nonsensical unreality by forcing them to look and then deny what they see rationally. This forces them to think and use that algorithmically scrambled brain.

Our best chance is getting a moment of clarity every now and then. We are planting seeds on hard ground. We only need a few to grow however

This might seem impossible, but radical scepticism is not new. We can use our eyes to see reality. G.E. Moore made the argument very well.

Here is one hand.

Here is another hand.

Therefore, external objects (the physical world) exist. [1]

The mechanism of this argument seems ridiculous until you realise its mechanics. Another example:

1. Extending your hand out from your chest into the air with a flat palm is a fascist salute
2. That's what Musk did
3. Therefore musk did a fascist salute.