Itʻs sad that we might be able to get through to a few more on the economy topic, while ripping up the Constitution and sending innocents to gulags donʻt seem to be moving anyone away from Republicans. But if we do have store shelves emptying out soon and our favorite stuff is not just more expensive, but actually unavailable, that will be impossible for most to ignore.
So I agree that we have to use whatever leverage we have to kindly educate anyone whoʻs willing to listen. I have 3 different friends who went from far-right (due to being raised that way- hell, I was raised that way too) to fairly progressive after we had multiple friendly discussions, so I know itʻs possible for some folks to switch gears IF theyʻre open to paying a bit more attention to whatʻs happening in the world.
Itʻs sad that we might be able to get through to a few more on the economy topic, while ripping up the Constitution and sending innocents to gulags donʻt seem to be moving anyone away from Republicans. But if we do have store shelves emptying out soon and our favorite stuff is not just more expensive, but actually unavailable, that will be impossible for most to ignore.
So I agree that we have to use whatever leverage we have to kindly educate anyone whoʻs willing to listen. I have 3 different friends who went from far-right (due to being raised that way- hell, I was raised that way too) to fairly progressive after we had multiple friendly discussions, so I know itʻs possible for some folks to switch gears IF theyʻre open to paying a bit more attention to whatʻs happening in the world.
Yeah, it's easy to get into culture war BS when your other needs are met, but once economic reality hits home, people are gonna finally get it.