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Do you have any family members with really weird politics? (hexbear.net)

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For instance, I have an aunt who is definitely MAGA, and is flirting with Q-Anon ideas. However, she has pretty good views on the environment and animal rights. For instance, after travelling to Ecuador, she donates to some Ecuadorian land trust run by locals. However, if you start talking to her about the border or gender, she goes full Orbán.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've got family members who think consumers drive demand and don't believe that capital both restricts and drives consumer "choice"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

This is very common sadly, especially from people who have been fed modern econ theory that tries to convince you that the market is some autonomous mechanism that we can all control to the same degree and that it's not controllable by the bourgeois class according to their interests.