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the-pi-guy 4 days ago
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I try to either read conservative threads or even try talking to conservatives to try to understand where they're coming from. 

There are plenty of things that I understand, even if I think these things are more complicated. Like yeah I can understand the appeal of lower taxes.

I personally just want the best system. If private industry could handle roads in a fair way for cheap, I would be fine with that. I am generally pretty left wing, but I'm not set on a specific system if that makes sense. I generally believe that private industry isn't going to be what works best when there is a conflict of interests. If US healthcare was able to cover everyone and do it cheaper than anyone else, I would be thrilled with that.

I just want a system that's the best it can be. Which can be tricky because sometimes you're just picking different pros and cons. But I want to have those conversations. 

There are left wingers who talk about anarchism, there are left wingers who think there needs to be some sort of system to prevent abusers from creating a system of abuse. Maybe some of these systems (or lack of systems) are too idealistic. I don't know, I'm not attached to the idea that things have to work a certain way, again I just want to work towards whatever works best for everyone. Not just the top 1%, not just the majority. 

But there are a lot of things I just can't understand. There are plenty of conservative talking points that pretty much require denying reality. I just saw a Facebook post where literally thousands of conservatives were liking comments about how "America is respected again". I don't know how you can look at most countries and feel that we are respected again. A lot of countries are rightfully abandoning our crap and looking for other leadership. 

I'm so terrified of where we are at right now. I have no clue what we can do. How do we do the right thing, when so much of the country would rather not? 

How do we have a conversation when people would rather rationalize insanity?

I feel like if AOC said 2+2=4, a lot of these people would call her an idiot - maybe for saying something so obvious. While if Trump said 2+2=5, these people would twist themselves into a pretzel and explain that he's playing 4D chess to make himself look dumber so he's underestimated on the world stage. Or that he's just kidding. Or that he's actually a genius because sometimes 2+2 really is 5.  

I am legitimately scared of what the future holds. 

I am scared for Ukraine. 

I am scared for the recession that is sure to come up. 

I am scared for climate change. 

I keep feeling like the best shot is to have conservatives go through with what they're doing. And once it starts hurting enough people, that there will be a shift. But I wish there was a better way. 

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