My dates get really stoked when we trash maga chud trumpers, but when I whip out my "Obama is a war criminal" or "we should install communism" routines, it def kills the mood
My dates get really stoked when we trash maga chud trumpers, but when I whip out my "Obama is a war criminal" or "we should install communism" routines, it def kills the mood
Also "material conditions" can be worked into drunk convos about politics and economy bullshit
Drunk convos I usually just start talking about proletarian revolution and how we need to arm the workers and minorities. Surprisingly few people disagree with me
When I was a lib the last thing I would have done if someone started talking about armed revolution would be to vocalize my disagreement. That’s “smile and nod” territory for a lot of people
Lol, I usually do it around service workers and they have input. Definitely not smile and nod responses, though I do occasionally run into them.
:rat-salute:
I talk about material conditions when talking to teenagers about a lot of life decision stuff. Turns out no one does this with them so they tend to appreciate someone being real about it. It’s all “you can be anything” and idealistic self-actualization and choosing a job that you “love”.
No. If you do not work, cannot convince that state that you are unable to work, and have no one able to fully support you, you will die. If you have a baby at 16, that medical bill is going to be 5 figures easy. If you get put on probation, you’re significantly more likely to get caught doing illegal shit even if you’re doing the just as much as your peers and that starts you down a pipeline that leads straight to being in and out of jail.
And so much of school is just “everyone’s busy working and letting 16yo’s roam the city until they’re old enough to work is a bad idea”. I remember feeling like I was being babysat and I’d imagine kids felt this a lot more during quarantine