You hit the nail on the head. What many people laugh off as "brainwashing" is, in reality, a powerful form of conditioning. Reaching people requires direct, personal conversations rather than public arguments. It also requires spaces, both online and in person, where ideas can be discussed openly and complex issues can be explained without the noise and pressure of the crowd.

It’s confirmation bias. Vets are trained to fear liability, not truth. They sell "balanced diets" because that’s the current dogma, not because it’s biologically optimal for wolves.

Indeed! You can never force a new worldview on a person even if it's the "correct worldview", without a personal road to Damascus moment, real transformation never takes place. While fora like Nostr, X etc can be helpful in planting certain ideas or presenting an alternative worldview if one is already curiously questioning the matrix programming; more real man to man candid conversations are required where people actually talk to each other. More so when you're trying to reverse deeply ingrained ideas that now form a core part of someone's identity