I have a close friend that I’ve known 20 years who became obsessed with right-wing politics. even though I’m liberal, I don’t make it my entire personality and life. But anyway… I was talking to him this morning casually like friends do.
Me: “Hey man. Do you have off today for MLK day?” Friend: “No, I have to work today.” Me: “Damn, sorry to hear. I have off today since it’s a company holiday.” Friend: “Yeah, I work for a living. Guess that’s the difference me and people who live in an ivory tower.” Me: “Uhh I work for a living too. Idk why you’re acting like I don’t?” Friend: “I didn’t mean you specifically. But you’re off and I’m not so it shows that you get to relax at least. You should be able to handle the truth lol. There’s no shame in admitting that I’m a harder worker than everyone else. you shouldn’t be so sensitive”
Honestly, he’s not unique, either. I’ve met so many people who are conservative, obsessed with right-wing stuff, and they’re all like this. They act like they’re special and the whole world is lazy, “no one wants to work anymore” attitude.
“You should be able to handle the truth”
I…absolutely lose my mind when they say this.
They’re fucking with your brain just by saying it. “If I’m so right, why won’t you admit that you already agree with me?”
Definitely. These people infuriate me.
Moist.
He is exploited and dumb enough to think being exploited makes him better.
Their bitterness comes from being exploited. The stupidity is in deluding themselves that they are hard workers instead of Luiging their boss.
lol brainwashed as fuck. Who the fuck brags about being forced to work hard? Bet he doesn’t have anything to show for it. Not working hard and living a comfortable life is a bigger flex than breaking your back to earn money for the boss
Bet he thinks there is a reward at the end. Nope. Boss wil fuck him over and there is no heaven.
Friend doesn’t get a day off, complains about the “ivory tower” of those that get a holiday, instead of blaming his boss and/or company for being a souless machine grinding his bones to dust for 3 extra pennies that quarter.
i feel like these people really have a “don’t look up” mentality. whatever you do, don’t look directly into the sun, don’t look directly at your king, don’t ever talk about what the people in power are doing. rather, blame yourself and your friends/family /everybody else in society, rather than blame the politics of those in power.
Then proceeds to vote for the side that’s telling them they’re not working hard enough.
Let’s trade in some billionaires for more holidays.
Que: Eat the rich by Aerosmith
I mean, Steven Tyler’s a multimillion dollar rock star, But the song stands well.
Eat the rich by Motorhead!
Honestly, Millionaires are ok for now. It’s the Billionaires that are the real problem. They have way more hoarded wealth. Free Luigi.
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I was vising a family over the weekend. I mentioned that the only reason I had time to make it over to their house to help them with some work this weekend was because I was off on Monday for MLK day.
Their response was to scoff and roll their eyes while sarcastically saying “mLk daY”.
It’s stereotypical yet anecdotal, but they stopped working in their 50s and moved around the country shopping for states that would grant them disability. Other than a short-term odd job here and there, they haven’t had a job since. But yes, they are exactly the same folks that complain how nobody wants to work anymore and it’s everyone else who is lazy.
If only MLK day was set on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November.
What better day for people to have off to celebrate. Oh and every 4 years they would be off work so they can vote too!
It’s not “why are they like this?” but rather “who has made them like this?”
Who has a vested interest in creating a generation of people who take a perverse personal pride in working themselves to death so somebody else can get rich? Hmm, tough one…
I wouldn’t even mind if the ultra rich were doing something with that money, but they just hoard it. Elon Musk could have a giant fortress in the shape of a skull, but instead he just goes home and cheats at videogames. I can do that for next to nothing!
I wouldn’t even mind if the ultra rich were doing something with that money, but they just hoard it. Elon Musk could have a giant fortress in the shape of a skull, but instead he just goes home and cheats at videogames. I can do that for next to nothing!
That’s exactly the “Make America Great Again” attitude. You can kill your own population and mistreat your workers, as long as you spend the money in a lavish lifestyle. That’s exactly what the rich are doing, and that’s exactly what people (rightfully) complain about.
The people who did it are the same wealthy anti-progressive, anti-New Dealers who hated how the government did so many programs that didn’t just work, but worked brilliantly. I need to mention that not all New Deal programs survived, but most of the ones that were cut were done so due to early concerted opposition to them and nothing organic.
No joke, it is a combination of old ideas and opposition to new ideas.
I notice that those enamoured by the right are-- there is no other way to put it-- insecure. We all got insecurities, but I think the right has managed to tap that and groom them.
The thing with this attitude of feeling special that they work excessively is precisely the right has groomed them to be part of something bigger. And humans, but not all, naturally yearn for social acceptance and wanting to be part of something big. These folks feel that their contribution counts for something. The right has tapped that feeling, but for sinister purpose unfortunately. In the case of your friend, it just so happens that a fake wannabe right wing university, which shall not be named, has a video imploring viewers that work is good and that it is the ultimate goal. It makes you feel special. No buddy, the only person who you make feel special is yourself for grooming individuals to be mindless workers who will not question longer hours with no extra pay.
Tranalation: “Work Will Set You Free” written above the entrance to Auschwitz.
I hope anyone old enough to be browsing English-speaking Lemmy already knows that, but sadly some education systems are… Inadequate
Haha funny thing about that is one of the most right wing ppl I know only talks about his small pecker and how he cream pies his wife.
He also has threatened to assualt me twice because he thought I kissed him in the ear.
I’m not even gay and I have a son.
Idk man. I stay away from those people now.
Yeah I have a friend that does this too. They try to do it to me and I’m just like … I don’t care working is fucking annoying and jobs suck. I just do it to fuck with them but it always blows their damn mind lol.
They’re sad insecure people who try to find self worth by looking down on others, which is hard work for a bottom feeder
What the fuck is he on about? Ivory towers? It’s a fucking federal holiday for Christ’s sake.
Its for a black guy
Its this… If it was for Christmas, it would be different.
Cons are the most average people usually. Just mid at everything but are told they are better because look at the riches around them. Ya, they need it. Just like elon needs to be the best gamer. That need to have others under is the most toxic trait.
I guarantee he is projecting how little he works on others. Every accusation these people make is a confession.
And yes, even the “why do you have to make it your entire personality?” is projection. As much of a cult as maggots are, I think the only real difference is trump is too stupid to use the usual double speak politicians were using before and the base that always was out for blood ate it up. He also gave them phrases and symbols to plaster over all their stuff.
Yet they will claim someone having a single pride sticker on their car or flag outside their house is “shoving it in their face” while they drive down the road with a 2 or more flags I their car, along with countless number stickers, and a house covered in at least a half dozen flags and signs.
And no, I’m not exaggerating. I see these trucks (always a shitty truck) and houses regularly where I currently live, and I’m fleeing in a month as I’m queer and one of their targets.
You’ve got it backwards. Toxic and aggressive people become conservatives (in Anglo countries) because it serves them emotionally.
Occasionally one is too queer to successfully do that, and have to find an alternate outlet, like stanning for North Korea or something.
idk, I know a gay conservative. Extremely stupid and selfish. He’s not even “normal gay” or whatever. He’s like some caricature out of a 90’s sitcom. Him and his boyfriend have the most toxic, untrusting relationship. I avoid him as much as possible.
Yeah, I’ve heard of that. Like, who’s that guy with the Greek name? I’ve also heard of gay fascists flip-flopping to the Wakanda North Korea thing.
Also, shout out to the gay weed-growing libertarians who get lumped in with fascists as “conservative”. I see you.
Milo something-or-another? That guy is a grifter before anything else. He fell out of favor when he praised his childhood molester and later reinvented himself as a “cured former-homosexual”.
