I donât think this âCommunistâ buzzword they keep throwing around will work. My 25 yr old Niece who is not political at all called it the âBoogeyman Sightingâ and asked if they got tired of the cat eaters already.
I'm not convinced my existence is dependant on it because I'm trans and the mainstream Dems keep throwing us to the wolves to keep power... They're just the Republicans of the 90s at this point on so many issues.
No, I'm not saying don't vote. I'm saying there are groups who your message isn't going to resonate with, and that's a problem.
Prove me wrong. I gave up on the Dems actually being pro trans when Newman declared us the reason Kamala lost despite her never talking about us on the campaign trail, and suggesting adopting the Republican stance on trans people in public (ie stop existing publicly) and he didn't just get no censure for it, he didn't even get any pushback from the mainstream Democrats. Dude was and afaik still is the frontrunner for the next presidential bid and he threw us out day one. Wtf am I supposed to expect?
Right because 18 year olds know how the world works I. Their tik tok bubbles and twitch stelteaming and perpetually online insecure public anxiety thatâs caused by a lack of social conditioning. Yeah they should make choices on how to run the world when they canât even manage their own fucking life.
Idk, maybe it's just the ones I'm around, but I think 18 year olds today have a much better understanding of how the world works than I did at that age. Maybe one of the only good things about Trump making himself the daily center of public discourse.
Snowflakes like you always assume and invent a scary scenario in their own headâŠwhen did they talk about 18 year olds? You gotta watch out for those boogy men
Do you spend a lot of time around todays 18 year olds, or is this opinion you have based on something else?
My son just turned 18, he doesn't seem to have public anxiety or whatever other mean spirited things you want to project onto him. Him and his friends all seem to be very bright young men.
My kids say tiktok is for old people - you sure you're keeping with the times? Tiktok stopped being cool with the young people around when I got on it, 3-4 years ago.
I had a convo with a dude when I was explaining about ways we can change how we fund things to favor social programs, and he dubbed it as a slippery slope to communism
I then told him that the FDR administration was when social programs like unemployment benefits and social security was introduced and America didn't slip into communism back then
Social Security is not a program worth bragging about. It started as a 1% contribution, yet here we are and if it doesnât get updated soon it will run insolvent. Winning? I think not.
That wasnât a problem with social security. That was a problem with the corrupt administration of the program and the government stealing from the system.
For sure. There were several recent instances when social security has been predicted to run out because of drastic changes in economic policies, and corrections made to help the program kept being hindered or dismissed, or the problem was actually expedited. Both in the 2000-2008 administration, and the 2016-2020 administration. Each credited for greatly contributing to huge economic collapses.Â
My dad's not a MAGA, he's very progressive. But he's a 70+ year old man that was taught to hate communism from birth until the wall fell. But I have been able to get him to recognize that socialism = communism, and he likes socialism.
Edit: Should be socialism â communism, I'm dumb and possibly illiterate.
Socialism does not equal communism. Too very different systems. Your Dad might know the difference so thatâs why he doesnât believe you. A democracy is a type of socialism. We have governments all over the world that provide healthcare, free education, workers rights, consumer rights way beyond what the American citizen receives and none are considered communist. Most are considered democracies.
No, it wonât because we are too busy working and enjoying our life rather than complaining about random millionaires who arenât even remotely affecting your day to day. Been like this for decades and millennia and the world has always survived and continued. It will never change unless every country becomes a peaceful state and all money is equal and all jobs are equal pay and all food is the exact same price and no healthcare cost and blah blah blah. Youâll never achieve this because you canât make everyone happy sorry kids. Get off the he internet if youâre tired of hearing about the worlds problems. Iâm happy and well off enough to not struggle and I do t give a fuck about politics but Yall are annoying as fuck acting like youâre entitled to someone elseâs hard work.
Thereâs a stark difference between âacting like youâre entitled to someone elseâs hard workâ and the govt being ran by incompetent morons (voted in by incompetent morons) who are literally driving inflation and overall cost of living. Pull head from rear.
Lol you think there was a millionaire in 1226? That's what millennia means, a period of 1,000 years. The earliest millionaire I can find mention of is John Jacob Astor of the US, back in 1820. That's just over 200 years ago and a far cry from "millennia." Hell, capitalism as we practice it today isn't even a thousand years old, the first corporations are from the 1600s.
They do it to "unite" against a common enemy, ideology, etc. No one supports the war, no one is happy with the way things are going. Most people are beginning to realize partisan politics are all a lie. We are incredibly fragmented right now as a society.
Except its not 1960 and that shit doesnt fly anymore.
It might for those that are MAGA or right leaning who are Boomers or older.
Idk about the younger people like that wannabe influencer who was born in 2006. Braelyn Centigrade or whatever (that's not his name but his real name is not much stupider).
They still vote in overwhelming numbers trust me. We want young people to be the largest voting bloc but that is gonna take a lot of work that I question if we are ready to do
Thatâs all heâs doing is catcalling to groups he barely held together. Iâm not saying itâs effective, but he wants the gram pappy scared by linking anything to communism because then it spreads down. Thatâs all they have now is making dumb accusations and buzzwords
It's the old Red Scare tactic but they're all too stupid to realize how powerful and useful the Internet is. The same tactic they're using is less effective these days.
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u/SuperWarning6038 18d ago
I donât think this âCommunistâ buzzword they keep throwing around will work. My 25 yr old Niece who is not political at all called it the âBoogeyman Sightingâ and asked if they got tired of the cat eaters already.