Eep. That sounds terrible. Talks with my brother go a very similar way. Easy to get over the next day but in the moment I just want to scream, and it takes me a few hours to stabilize myself after.
She's in her 60's and about a year away from a stable retirement.
I was more confused than mad because I genuinely wasn't sure if she was messing with my autistic ass or not.
Like she literally lived through most of the cold war, surely she at least vaguely knows what a socialist is from propaganda? When I asked her if she was alluding to horseshoe theory she said had no idea what I was talking about.
Sure, I guess I just assumed that anti communists ads back in the day would at least mention the word socialism.
Funny enough, right after clarifying that I'm not a nazi piece of shit she started going on about how social security is too low and taxed way too high, pausing multiple times like she expected me to have hot takes on the matter. As if she thought socialism was primarily about social security.
I happened to agree with her that $40k pretax isn't enough for anyone to live off of in the USA, much less seniors, which is why I didn't really have a hot take for her.
But as soon as I mentioned high medical costs it seemed like she wanted to change the subject again.
Eep. That sounds terrible. Talks with my brother go a very similar way. Easy to get over the next day but in the moment I just want to scream, and it takes me a few hours to stabilize myself after.
Kinda curious how old your mom is.
She's in her 60's and about a year away from a stable retirement.
I was more confused than mad because I genuinely wasn't sure if she was messing with my autistic ass or not.
Like she literally lived through most of the cold war, surely she at least vaguely knows what a socialist is from propaganda? When I asked her if she was alluding to horseshoe theory she said had no idea what I was talking about.
Anti-socialist propaganda doesn't actually describe what socialism is though, that's kind of the point of it.
Sure, I guess I just assumed that anti communists ads back in the day would at least mention the word socialism.
Funny enough, right after clarifying that I'm not a nazi piece of shit she started going on about how social security is too low and taxed way too high, pausing multiple times like she expected me to have hot takes on the matter. As if she thought socialism was primarily about social security.
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I happened to agree with her that $40k pretax isn't enough for anyone to live off of in the USA, much less seniors, which is why I didn't really have a hot take for her.
But as soon as I mentioned high medical costs it seemed like she wanted to change the subject again.
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