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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I hope I’ll never become like my bigot father

[–] Thorndike 6 points 10 months ago

I'm 60 now and lean WAY over to the left

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Screw that, I've got empathy unlike conservatives.

[–] FlashMobOfOne 6 points 10 months ago

I have grown more progressive in my 30's and 40's, but looking around me, I feel like I have no choice but to acknowledge that, at least here in the US, conservatism has won for at least the next generation.

The strategy of buying up both ruling parties worked exceedingly well for the 1%.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I love that meme and I already sent it to my friends, unfortunately for me not only I remained poor but I also interiorized so much the idea that "it's my fault and something must be wrong with me" that I ended up thinking my boomer parents were just right about everything.

I am leaning towards skepticism about every hint that a "different future is possible" and that social justice will prevail in the end. The current geopolitical, environmental, economic and financial crises point to something else.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago
[–] j4k3 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Any yet we are past the post of neo-feudalism which I find infuriating. This should be the political jihad being fought for votes in a democracy.

I was ultra conservative, born in Alabama to religious nutters, and don't believe there is any representation for the Left in the USA.

[–] SuperSynthia 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At least we can suffer together :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] vankappa 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I like the pic, anybody has a link?

[–] arken 7 points 10 months ago

A reverse google image search gave me this: https://www.deviantart.com/suddenlyabird/art/Molly-Tov-Eat-The-Rich-Red-Black-617071486 Seems to be the original, but I don't know for sure.

[–] theletterd -3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

It's a tough call. I was as liberal as it gets on my 20s, now I'm in my 40s. I see a lot of people bitching about inequality, injustice etc. that acquired a ton of student loan debt to major in subjects that would very clearly not land them a job.

Socially, still very liberal. Fiscally? Stop wasting my tax dollars on anything that's not defense or legit scientific research.

[–] udon 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Quite a naive (and also stereotypically American) perspective, really. Just ignoring major parts of the economy, like the music, film, book publishing industries etc. They are all based on people doing anything that's not "legit" according to this guy. Also a smell of a very naive concept of "legit science" lurks behind this. Clearly someone who has no clue about how science works.

[–] theletterd 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How many successful filmmakers, authors and musicians do you know personally? Let's keep the bar real low: ones that can feed themselves and retire without supplemental income from a spouse that does something more pragmatic?

I was a Physicist before leaving for industry. What would you like to know about how science works and how it is funded?

[–] udon 1 points 10 months ago

What is legit science?

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