Press your point of view

What is the best way to be heard? Do you have a way of doing something which, if widely understood, would be the best course of action?

I want to rant a bit about two ways of putting forward one's point of view. The first is that of unwavering stubbornness. This way may not be particularly effective. Let's take one of the greatest intellectuals of our time Noam Chomsky. It seems to me that the MIT professor of linguistics has taken stances in his numerous debates on US Foreign Policy, the Ideal system of government and other topics that are uncompromising. This probably stems from the fact that all his points of view are argued with a ruthless logic that, to him, must seem incontrovertible. It must be said that it is difficult to deny the importance of a person who reasons so close to absolute truth. Yet, when a person is unable to compromise on his views or even to humour a critic by following their logic in order to point out flaws later on in the thread of an argument, that person runs the risk of alienating not only the critic but a listening or reading public. Chomsky reasons that our society and systems of government are so fundamentally flawed, that to even consider his view of an ideal system of government would mean rethinking everything we think to be true. Rejection is inevitable despite Chomsky's overriding belief that human's have the intrinsic potential for good and that prosperity would find everyone were his ideal system of government to be put in place.

How do you bring a message that you know is right to people who are not prepared to hear what you have to say? Do you just say it louder or do you have to compromise on your message so that you can coax the person into action? Make sure the it's relevant to him you say? What can be more relevant than prosperity, joy, happiness - those things that are relevant to everyone and that everyone wants and needs. There are certain overarching basic needs that people want to feel. You cannot go wrong if you appeal to one of those.

Perhaps Chomsky's 'prosperity' is not tangible for anyone to act on. He should try showing what prosperity looks like (if only metaphorically).