Friend story...I mean, I have a chud dad who literally yesterday told me, verbatim "Capitalism causes problems unless it's properly restrained" with no prompting, in the context of corporations price gouging. He also realizes inflation fucks poor people the hardest (and realizes wages need to be raised drastically for all, specifically minimum wage), thinks billionaires are assholes, believes public transit (specifically trains) and walk ability are what should be emphasized over electric cars, and believes in nuclear/renewables over coal
But he's a boomer who has more worms than brain when it comes to politics, and his father was a career military guy who probably was part of a CIA kill squad in the 70's so he's hardwired to think anything politically left of Reagan is socialist and bad
Yes. It's infuriating because outside of my spouse, nobody else in my family is as close to 'getting it' as him, but he is also the absolute furthest from 'getting it'
The metaphorical horse is standing in the water, but it believes the water is poisonous
Friend story...I mean, I have a chud dad who literally yesterday told me, verbatim "Capitalism causes problems unless it's properly restrained" with no prompting, in the context of corporations price gouging. He also realizes inflation fucks poor people the hardest (and realizes wages need to be raised drastically for all, specifically minimum wage), thinks billionaires are assholes, believes public transit (specifically trains) and walk ability are what should be emphasized over electric cars, and believes in nuclear/renewables over coal
But he's a boomer who has more worms than brain when it comes to politics, and his father was a career military guy who probably was part of a CIA kill squad in the 70's so he's hardwired to think anything politically left of Reagan is socialist and bad
Basically like many programmed but somewhat enlightened RWers:
“Socialism bad. Socialist policies good.”
Yes. It's infuriating because outside of my spouse, nobody else in my family is as close to 'getting it' as him, but he is also the absolute furthest from 'getting it'
The metaphorical horse is standing in the water, but it believes the water is poisonous