it had me in the first part when I thought it was about the Uvalde shooting, but no of course not. Events like at Uvalde are now normalised
This isn't really an example of that given this person and their parents are probably comfortably rich.
It kinda fits no? Like liberals think Trump hearings are going to bring political change, hearings that have no material elements to them (like I dunno affordable housing could)
I think poor people still see politics materially. They're only separate to comfortable people, who they've always been separate for. That's not something new, not even new because of capitalism generally. All the lofty word salad of wealthy people's political views has existed probably since feudalism and all that. The whole "liberalism" thing is basically exactly that. And the "freedom and democracy" propaganda of the US is that too, as opposed to material things like "self-determination for oppressed peoples" that the USSR championed. And fascist rhetoric is all about symbolism and vibes instead of material things too. That's like the #1 thing about non-communist propaganda, it's all vibes-based instead of addressing people's needs (which is the exact thing it's trying to avoid).
Maybe it's more accurate to say that the understanding of material conditions and politics have been separated (for a good number of people)
My mom just texted me to say... that [they] will never vote for a Republican again
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Well Tucker Carlson said this new Democrat is just crazy! Trump said a lot of bad things but that was a better time
Do they know about January 6th? It was the worse attack on our democracy and freedoms we have ever read. All done by that cheeto!
"Change is coming"
Biden: "Nothing fundamentally will change,you stupid slut"0 chance that this is what made Trump supporters change their mind.
