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Counter Culture is not valuable in and itself. Sometimes your government is doing the right thing. Sometimes corporations create new things that have immense value for society and the individual. Being opposite of the main narrative doesn't mean you are closer to the truth.

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Tell that to Q-anon or anyone whose sense of self-worth is derived from being able to see 'The Truth'.

I will happily tell any q-anon devotee that their opposition to the 'main narrative' is not not valuable and they are not closer to the truth for it. It may be a mentality from which they derive a sense of self-worth, but that does not make it a net positive influence on their own lives or society generally. Delusion is perhaps the worst way to derive a sense of self-worth.

I woke up this morning still angry about a “discussion” I had with an denialist nutbag and this was my first thought when I read that comment.

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