Talking politics with my family is incredibly frustrating. They're trapped in the Duopoly.
Right where the system wants them.
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So sorry. Any intelectual honesty whatsoever?
Not when it comes to politics and economics.
and I'm being to general with "my family"
This is pretty much why I don't really talk about politics with anyone anymore.
I think I gotta stop, but it's hard
Are they getting their daily firmware download via TV programming?
NYT and easing FOX to "get the other side"
Politics is so uninteresting to me now…i like to discuss repealing the 19th amendment, to prevent the inexorable slide towards communism, that’s usually a good conversation starter 👍
Lol.
You might have a point.
The “firmware” of the female brain is communist. Raise babies and toddlers, that can’t fend for themselves. That translates poorly to adults in a hierarchical society - men are hardwired for hierarchy, women are not. Thus the feminization and infantilization of all aspects of post modern society.
And yet they have been brainwashed to kill their babies and get a career, to compete with men in the name of equality.
No wonder we are getting more and more angry cat ladies
You’re basically talking directly to a television set
and that's really sad to realize in someone you love and have looked up to your entire life
Yeah it is sad especially as we are older in our later years
Just don’t talk about it these days. I just get accused of being cynical for high lighting the problems and delusional for thinking bitcoin is the solution.
I’ve known and felt this since I was 9/10 years old. Back then it was the Nixon/Vietnam era (no internet, but plenty of white noise! See Don Delillo’s book from that time..we all “knew” what was going on with just tv/radio/newspaper). I never resonated with politics and never will. The tribalism takes away the nuance of humanity.
this response really makes me want to pop a cork with you 🤝🍷
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Hey!
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thanks!
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It really sucks seeing some of my friends and family getting swept up in the election drama. Recently I've been telling people that nothing will change until we fix the money. All I can do is lead by example at this point
that's the only way.
you just wanna shake people
but the only way is to walk your own path and hope they call out for you to wait so they can walk with you
Same! I don’t even try anymore. I just love them and talk about the weather.
boring but smart and I should probs do it more
Agreed. I used to try harder and it became clear that there is an inverse relation between their acceptance/understanding of truth and the warmth of my relationship with them. I finally gave up and consciously traded the former for the latter in the hopes that, in time, the warmth will be a catalyst. I hope I’m right. I’m still outspoken about issues of life and death, such as 💉💉. As you can probably see, I’ve thought about this a lot and hope I’m doing it right. 🤷🏻♂️
I can't argue with the conclusion you've reached. warmth and humanity seems like a better angle than combatting the machine
OMG, same. Even with the softest nudging, like RFK is kind of a kook, but some of his ideas are good. There's no daylight.
no daylight
this conversation "makes me sad" is the response
Politics is the new gladiator arena. It keeps people talking, thinking about the real issues.
it's so much more bread and circuses than sports