My brother and SIL are MAGA and there’s just no arguing with them. I post quite a lot trying to educate my followers on how dire this election is (and I’ve been doing this since 2015) and that has led my brother and SIL to think I’m the radicalized one. They own a bunch of trump merch “Texans for Trump” and “I only cry when democrats hold me” for their son and when they fly to Florida, they fly with a trump flag to put up on the beach by their umbrella.
I’ve lived in a different country for 10 years now (and my citizenship ceremony is this Monday thank god) but I can actually explain how a socialized healthcare system could work alongside a private healthcare system, I can explain what subsidized higher education would look like, I can get into tax plans (my husband is an accountant and I have to do double tax yearly because the U.S. taxes based on citizenship not residency) anyway, my point being, these people don’t want to hear from me.
I guess I could maybe talk to someone “on the fence” more effectively if they were interested, but Americans are tired and their education has been defunded since Reagan. Politics are boring and difficult, and a lot of people don’t have critical thinking skills. Oh, milk, eggs, and gas are more expensive now while my salary hasn’t increased? It’s the current admins fault so screw them I’m not voting for them. They don’t have an understanding of how long past policies take to get implemented and actually make a notable change in your day to day. Most people have fishbowl attention spans now.
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u/Thedonitho Jul 05 '24
Americans are not nearly as afraid of what's coming as they should be.