Name one thing you don't believe in, but you wish was actually true.

[leadore@lemmy.world]

That life is fair.

[winni@lemmy.world]

diskworld. I specially like the city watch

[cowbee@lemmy.ml]

I recommend reading False Witnesses and following it up with Masses, Elites, and Rebels: The Theory of "Brainwashing." People license themselves to believe what's convenient, not what's true.

[iii@mander.xyz]

That's confusing cause and effect

[didros@beehaw.org]

It is evidence of my age that I assumed this link would be a Rick roll...

[kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml]

The world was ruled by the Illuminati and they were compassionate about it. Because what we are ruled by is a bunch of assholes.

[parlamint@lemmy.ml]

LOL. This is great! A few weeks ago the illuminati was some sort of boogeyman. Today, things are so bad @[email protected] is praying for boogeyman to be real. There are some genuinely great answers here but I really identify with this one, personally.

[kwakigra@beehaw.org]

That Democracy can be an effective check on Capitalism. Liberalism is my favorite fairy tale. If all the propaganda I was fed as a kid in the 90s was actually true, I'd be in paradise.

[theguytm3@lemmy.ml]

A thing beyond our understanding on this world, I wish that thoses humans on top of the world would understand at least once that they can't control everything, and that the world stays full of wonder

[lightnsfw@reddthat.com]

I found a wallet on the ground by a truck outside a store recently that had a lot of cash in it. I looked at the license and while I was heading in to see if they could call the owner I saw the guy rushing back out of the store looking panicked. I gave him his wallet back and he acted like I was the one that took it from him. If I was gonna steal from you I'd have cleaned it out and tossed it asshole. Then later when I mentioned that id found a wallet and returned my coworkers were all giving me shit for not just stealing his money. Not one person out of 8 had any opinion other than just steal it. I already don't have a great opinion of people but that really reinforced my opinion.

[multifariace@lemmy.world]

That rational and empirical evidence would cause people to reconsider their intuitive perspectives and lead into constructive conversation.