Quote Originally Posted by vacuum View Post
Whether it's force or reason, it seems to me that fundamentally you're still fighting it. In one case it's a war with guns, in another case it's a war of books, media, academia, etc. I can't say if these are truly different or not, but I think that it's possible they're pretty close.

The third option is to disengage. It's like a puzzle that is impossible to solve, like that star trek episode where they download this impossible math problem into the borg's ship to disable them. Instead of trying to find a "solution", through force or ideology, just simply don't answer the question. Make it irrelevant by not relying on it. Don't allow it to consume all your free time and thinking. Don't support it.

Time itself will solve the problem, as long as the feedback loop is broken.
Agree 100% disengage. Bang on the money.

I just went on a Star Trek next gen download fest the other day, so I'll be revisiting that episode shortly

I think the only available force of reason (or the quickest one) is to highlight the racial discrepancies of an apartheid state by distancing yourself, as far as possible.

Disengage from that type of behavior, and follow that trend through until completion.

Make it stick out like a sore thumb. A failed ideology. Bad policy.

I mean, what are the odds of South Africa being able to get back to their version, in any great capacity, before too many people object, and intervene?

It all goes back to my original argument.