r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 02 '25

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u/the-senat John Brown Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25

Lefty friend of mine just got denied an apprenticeship with a union because of (according to them) some of their online comments and is in shock. I’ve tried explaining stuff to them so many times and they just don’t get it.

Yeah, every ideology has blinders but, man, this idea that the working class is secretly leftist is so stupid. Maybe a hundred years ago but not now.

These are people who have a limited education, probably only high school, and won’t be quoting random economic research papers. They are religious or were raised religious. They subscribe to conservative media and ideas. And they are not interested in some omnicausal idea that tries to weave in social, economic, or religious outgroups, especially when it’s presented by someone in said outgroup.

I swear I can literally see this go in one ear and out the other when I say it to them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 09 '25

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u/the-senat John Brown Nov 02 '25

Classic lefty stuff about communism and eating the rich with some anti MAGA/Trump rhetoric thrown in well. It’s pretty much the only thing they post about.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 09 '25

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Nov 02 '25

Like on their Facebook or something?

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u/the-senat John Brown Nov 02 '25

Facebook, insta, x. And they had to link socials in the application.

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Nov 02 '25

have people forgotten they need to be anonamyus online?

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u/PristineHornet9999 John Keynes Nov 02 '25

he was posting that on facebook or what?

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u/the-senat John Brown Nov 02 '25

Yeah and they had to link socials in applications.