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minus-squareWild Bill@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·8 months agoThe worst part is that it’s not only Americans who are Trumpists. We’re Swedish and my mother looks up to that prick. How and why, I don’t know.
minus-squareSanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·8 months agoShe wants to talk about immigration in your country, but can’t.
minus-squareWild Bill@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoWe’ve discussed it before, it’s not that. It’s the anti-vax, illuminati-believing “secret hand sign” crowd that she’s part of…
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoFascism spreads exclusively through emotional manipulation. It doesn’t have to make sense. That’s half the problem.
minus-squareWild Bill@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI figure that Americans are used to arguing with relatives about American politics, but I genuinely don’t know how I will ever manage to get through to my mother.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoHonestly? Vicious mockery and external support structures.
The worst part is that it’s not only Americans who are Trumpists. We’re Swedish and my mother looks up to that prick. How and why, I don’t know.
She wants to talk about immigration in your country, but can’t.
We’ve discussed it before, it’s not that. It’s the anti-vax, illuminati-believing “secret hand sign” crowd that she’s part of…
Fascism spreads exclusively through emotional manipulation. It doesn’t have to make sense. That’s half the problem.
I figure that Americans are used to arguing with relatives about American politics, but I genuinely don’t know how I will ever manage to get through to my mother.
Honestly? Vicious mockery and external support structures.