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Full Idea
Often we can convince members of other cultures only by socializing them into our culture.
Gist of Idea
Often socialising people is the only way to persuade them
Source
Martin Kusch (Knowledge by Agreement [2002], Ch.19)
Book Ref
Kusch,Martin: 'Knowledge by Agreement' [OUP 2004], p.276
A Reaction
This looks both true and interesting, and is good support for Kusch's communitarian epistemology. What actually persuades certainly doesn't have to be reasons, and may be almost entirely social.