I'm a lot less well off than a lot of my friends, and among every group of friends, in addition to my family, I'm known as the borderline communist one.

That said, the events of the last week has had some effects that I had't anticipated. The same people who were posting about how great Bidens policies were leading up to the general election now seem pissed off about not just the Syrian airstrike, but the general lack of inaction on the $2000 checks.

Of course, to anyone on here, we expected this from Joe. But in my circle of late 20's friends who still have a ton of debt to pay off; who assured me that "we can push him left," for those who treated me like a madman for even considering not voting for Biden (I didn't).... The facade seems like its starting to crack.

We were just going to college in 2008 and didnt really follow the news. This last year has been our first real crisis. And the Democrats control everything. I wouldn't expect someone making over 100K a year to be changed by this or anything but it seems like this is different.

I dont even know what my main thesis is, but the fact that Biden approved an airstrike that cost god knows how much money before he gave money to struggling americans seems to have hit a nerve.

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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    4 years ago

    @ every "no lib ever learns" goob on this site: you were not born a leftist either. you used to believe some dumbass shit too. not only are human beings capable of change, they're incapable of not changing. unfortunately it's part of our duty to the future that we pull that change in a positive direction.

    • garbage [none/use name,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      some people were born leftists. you aren't born indoctrinated into mindlessly believing in the authority of capital, it's a taught behavior. the manufactured tide is strong and the idea that they're 'incapable of not changing' works against us more than it works for us.

    • SteveHasBunker [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I mean yeah but I honestly think anyone who remains terminally braindead lib past 30 is probably a lost cause.