• Wild Bill
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    226 months ago

    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.

      • Wild Bill
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        106 months ago

        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…

    • @mindbleach
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      66 months ago

      Fascism spreads exclusively through emotional manipulation. It doesn’t have to make sense. That’s half the problem.

      • Wild Bill
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        26 months ago

        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.

        • @mindbleach
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          16 months ago

          Honestly? Vicious mockery and external support structures.