Just wondering what everyone thinks about this. In almost every place I’ve worked coworkers with right wing beliefs are never shy about giving their opinion and views on things.
The major talking points are usually variations of stuff like: we spend to much on beneficiaries and they should stop being lazy and get a job. That poor people have kids so they can get free money from the government. We need or be tougher on crime. Even absurd shit like being outraged that a homeless person had a smartphone and indulging in such lavishness is why they’re homeless etc etc
Some of the shit I hear from otherwise seemingly lovely people is insane. I feel like I have to be so much more measured and have all my ‘evidence’ ready to defend my commie beliefs while these people can just say whatever bullshit they want and everybody just kinda nods in agreement.
Is this a normal thing in the Angloverse? Is it because their views are essentially the status quo already and they have just fully internalised the capitalist propeganda?
Please let me know
Yes, they have absorbed the hegemonic ideology and never face any real consequences for it
There’s entire industries feeding them talking points and what to say in response to any criticism of the world. Although I find most of them can’t actually remember the points that well, it’s all just a blend of “I saw/heard somewhere” or “they want” stuff. Pretty pathetic.
I feel like the argument can be made that Trump lost in 2020 at least partially because so many of his supporters committed suicide via covid. Biden is also rightwing and his supporters are currently turning their brains into swiss cheese in order to keep his abysmal poll numbers up, but you get my point. We are at the end of the empire, which means that imperialists even in the core occasionally suffer the consequences of their actions.