This is the Psyop of the Moment, apparently. The Democrats are trying to decide who they wish to nominate, their foreign policy is James Buchanan-level bad, and their opponent, also bad, will win in November. But, rather than organizing a countervailing force (Jill Stein, maybe), they've decided to blanket Facebook with "read Project 2025" notices. Here's the website, if you were asking. And here's the text, if you were asking. It is what it is: America is, to all appearances, a land full of gullible reactionaries. So here are some tips for meaningful discussion.

1) Don't make assumptions about your readers. Start by asking yourself: what do you know about your readers? Do not claim to know that which you in fact do not know.

2) Assume that your readers have, at best, a very, very limited ability to affect the upcoming Presidential election. Judge said election -- actually 50 elections, one in each state -- as against the various analyses of who will win what state. This will reduce panic about possible results.

3) You would benefit from considering the actual workings of power. Project 2025 is one platform; the Heritage Foundation is one lobby, tasting power since 1981. Donald Trump consults billionaires; Joe Biden would prefer to do business between 10am and 4pm. There is no guarantee that Project 2025 will be enacted, and no guarantee that the Heritage Foundation will only lobby Republicans.

4) Consider whatever proposal you might have as against background events that are going on right now. The US currently escalates toward nuclear war in Ukraine; Israel plans upon a multi-front war while at the present moment pursuing a genocide.

5) Try to debate fairly. Stick with the facts, and try to establish where common ground exists and where it doesn't.

That having been said, I'm really developing a distaste for political discussion. It really does appear that this is the least important election in my lifetime, if not in all of history.