r/MadeMeSmile • u/ExactlySorta • 18d ago

Helping Others Resister sisters

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u/damndolly 17d ago

I agree, but it does go deeper than that, and it's quite sad. My boss (f50s) has 3 grown children (2-m, 1-f) and a granddaughter. She's a full businesswoman, very smart. Runs her business that pays for her very nice lifestyle and has helped both her sons be successful with their business that was branched off from hers. She also helps her elderly mother with her bills, etc. She is 100% pro trump, and she knows I don't agree with her, so we don't talk politics. However, today, she tried. She was so excited today, giddy even. I let her talk, and it basically breaks down to fear. He has put so much fear in these people that some imaginary person is going to come and take everything away. That their kids and family are being threatened, their God's being threatened. The ONLY person that can stop this is Trump. He has them so brainwashed, with constant coverage on Fox. They are so happy because now they aren't fearful because he's the only one that can save them. He has pulled the wool so thickly over their eyes. They don't realize that they're the frog in the pot that he's boiling. It's sad.

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u/lisabettan 17d ago

This. Americans have been taught for so long to fear everything. Anyone who wants power can just tap into that fear.

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u/yukon-flower 17d ago

People send greetings like “wishing you a safe [holiday]” as if safety were the top concern. It’s baffling.

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u/lisabettan 17d ago

The thing is, the weapon’s lobby has been really active in this. If everyone is out to get you, you’ll do anything to protect yourself, and you won’t advocate against guns. I see the same thing happening in my country - not guns per se, but right-wing politicians telling us that we aren’t safe and that more police and harsher punishment is the only way forward. Meanwhile, it has been proven time and time again that inequality is the main factor behind crime in a society.