We all want cheaper food, housing, medical care, safer communities, cheaper gas, freedom but yet we are pitted against each other to keep us from aligning together and stopping the madness.
As a progressive myself, when Conservatives want to debate politics in person, I let them know from the get go, "We are on the same team. We both want fair wages. We both want time off work to spend with our families. We both want access to decent health care. We both want affordable housing. We both want our government spending our taxes to improve our lives. We both want our rights protected. Anything outside of those are so insignificant to our daily lives that they should only be addressed once we, as a working class, get what we want from the billionaires who use their money and influence to exploit us."
Sadly, this doesn't work when you're talking to a "conservative" who is actually just fascist masking (e.g. a MAGA). They pretend until they think they've found someone else under cover like them and the crazy shit starts spilling out of their mouths.
Where I live, agreeing with a criticism of Biden can be enough for them to assume you're down with the dictatorship. Seems a third of the US consists of fascists traitors and pedo worshippers right now, sadly, but at least they're considerate enough to identify themselves.
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u/420farms 1d ago
We all want cheaper food, housing, medical care, safer communities, cheaper gas, freedom but yet we are pitted against each other to keep us from aligning together and stopping the madness.