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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.