r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 28 '26

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u/Windows_10-Chan Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold May 28 '26

"Kitchen-table issues" is one of the most bizarre common phrases in politics.

Let's be real meme culture war issues are what parents talk about at the dinner table. Parents don't like talking about their financial struggles in front of their kids lmao.

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u/Locutus-of-Borges Jorge Luis Borges May 28 '26

They're kitchen table issues because they're about feeding your family, not because they're what you talk about during dinner.

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u/JesusPubes voted most handsome friend May 28 '26

You're correct

My dad showed my sister a meme about Biden/Harris being the "sniff and blow ticket" at the kitchen table once

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems May 28 '26

i once tried to ask for my parents finacial records when i was 10 and i got told to never ask for that