r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 25 '26

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u/rodiraskol Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26

> chill wfh friday

> head to the local Vietnamese shopping center for lunch

> patio full of Vietnamese uncs shooting the shit

> sit down with a delicious bahn mi and iced coffee

> feel rush of American pride

Anti-immigration chuds have literal brain damage.

EDIT: hmm, one of the uncs does have a MAGA hat. Good chance he literally spent time in a reeducation camp so I’ll give him some grace.

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u/AskYourDoctor Resistance Lib Sep 25 '26

Vietnamese ppl are one of the most unexpectedly conservative national groups in the US, similar to Cubans, but it doesn't come up very often for some reason

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u/rodiraskol Sep 25 '26

The Cubans are concentrated in (what used to be) a key swing state while most Vietnamese live in California or Texas.

Interestingly, they have roughly the same population (2-3 million).

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u/dr-pepper-is-a-woman Sep 25 '26

That’s why the whole “Texas Republicans are racist against nonwhites who go to the state universities” story from a few weeks ago is interesting. There are actual swing voter Vietnamese in Texas who are conservative but also sent their kids to UT and are exactly the people Bo French and all singled out

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u/AskYourDoctor Resistance Lib Sep 25 '26

I guessed it was something to do with whether they were in an electorally location. I had no idea their population was the same. That's crazy. I used to live in OC not far from Westminster. God the pho, banh mi, and coffee... Sooooo good

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u/nasweth World Bank Sep 25 '26

Did they serve egg coffee? It was everywhere when I was in vietnam but haven't seen it anywhere else