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Oh I'm talking about waay waaaay before 2016. I'm talking 2008. They were looking for a new hitler.
I can't agree because there is evidence of Trump talking about running for office since the 90's. We should have seen this coming but any time it was talked about, it was laughed off and ignored.
I live in a liberal area of a blue state. I make okay money and live kind of comfortable but not really and I miss out on a lot of things due to racism and having to combat culture wars because of who I am as a person.
So I'm feeling the disintegration. I get the brunt of it dealt to me first hand. People fucking hate me because I am who I am.
That being said -
I agree with this. I agree with raising minimum wage and universal healthcare - I'm even for universal basic income. I agree with a lot of what you are saying and I think it would help a lot of people.
I get that too. It's history and you can't argue against it.
But I'm telling you about a current enemy and its one I know very well - in my early 20s you could easily have lumped me in with that same group of people. I'm not anymore but I definitely was.
And even when I was growing as a person and slowly removing those ideologies on my own from myself.. I still interacted with people who are never going to stop being that way.
I don't think its all insecurity. I think some of it is just as simple as pure hatred. I'm telling you. They get off it. I don't know how anyone would change their mind when they totally want someone to go out of their way to try and change their mind. They want someone like you to try and get rid of their insecurity so they can laugh at the fact that you tried.
How do you change someone like that? How do you help someone like that?
The only reason I changed is cause I chose to do that on my own.