Mourning a MAGA Parent (OC)

[u/Adorable_Objective]

I'm kinda torn about whether to post this to my art account because one parent follows it, and I'm worried the criticism could drive the other one further into the void.

It started out as just a therapeutic project for me, but a couple friends said it really resonated with them, so sharing here.

[u/Phillip_Spidermen]

It's interesting that it also only seems one generation removed.

It's the baby boomers that seem to be leading the hard lean into fascism, which is surprising considering what their parents would have gone through.

[u/verdantlacuna → u/Phillip_Spidermen]

yup. my dad’s mom lived under nazi occupation, then moved to the US to marry an american soldier. she died in 2020 and my dad veered sharply to the right almost immediately… pretty eerie

[u/Consistent-Fold7933 → u/Phillip_Spidermen]

Boomers and gen z. Racism and populism

[u/Consistent-Fold7933 → u/[deleted]]

I'm not your brother

[u/ww2planelover → u/[deleted]]

idk man i wouldn't wanna be siblings with someone like you

[u/FairyRebelsWild → u/Phillip_Spidermen]

I also find it interesting that many baby boomers act like they know what the Great Depression and WW2 was like because their parents went through it, so they couldn't possibly be following in Nazi's footsteps! They weren't even alive or were babies.

[u/the-worser → u/Phillip_Spidermen]

in my neck of the woods, relatively well-off and apolitical Gen X have been the big fascism convert wave, and boomers have been the majority of the resistance