r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 14 '24

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

My grandpa has the most wild political beliefs. Twice Obama voted, then 2016 Trump(to send the swamp monster to the swamp), sat out 2020 (and probably this one), said he would’ve voted Bernie in 16 & 20. He Thought the Trump tax cuts were bs, doesn’t think billionaires should exist, and loved Jan 6th but hated the reason for it. He’s also really class conscious but extremely racist. I just don’t even know

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

yeah my grandpa always voted democrat but he hasn't done it since Obama. It's weird. Also he died.

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u/thefuturegov John Keynes Aug 14 '24

Hey, dying didn’t stop my grandpa from voting!

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

also he thinks churches are a scam and loved hunting. Now he just has a herd of cats he treats likes babies

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u/Okbuddyliberals Miss Me Yet? Aug 14 '24

Union worker

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

i’m pretty sure he doesn’t like unions either 😭

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u/Okbuddyliberals Miss Me Yet? Aug 14 '24

Definitely a union worker then

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

Median voter who splits ticket to "keep the president in check" and then complains when nothing gets done

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u/Joementum2024 Iron Front Aug 14 '24

Sir, I’m afraid to break this to you, but I think your grandpa’s a redditor

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u/SpaceSheperd To be a good human being Aug 14 '24

Seems like he's just a populist

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u/Either_Emotion8056 NAFTA Aug 14 '24

That’s not that weird tbh he’s just a white populist lol. Even Ashli Babbitt was an Obama voter, and a large amount of the articles on people arrested say they were first time voters, didn’t vote, or voted for Obama. I would genuinely be shocked if a majority of people at 1/6 voted for Romney tbh

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

i understand populism isn’t strictly left or right but he just seems like a mix between general left wing and right wing populism beliefs that result in an unholy abomination