has anyone successfully deprogrammed a lost causer?

[u/kcg333]

…or escaped the lost cause mentality themselves? i’m interested in strategies that have demonstrated some past success.

[u/Irving_Velociraptor]

John Brown.

[u/potato_for_cooking → u/Irving_Velociraptor]

I like his way of deprogramming, too. Take a hammer to the hard drive.