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People whose parents have become fascist, how are you dealing with it? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by pep@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have 2 GOP parents, one that voted Trump originally and one that did not. Over the last 9 years, I have watched them both travel down the MAGA pipeline to become visibly fascist. The parents who taught me racism was wrong and to have empathy for others, have become openly hostile about immigrants, Muslims, and even parrot the Nazi "great replacement" theory.

Part and parcel with this, they refuse to have any discussions about the facts -- like immigrants not stealing and eating people's pets. They won't hear it, they won't even engage in the conversation...they just get angry and loud the second they hear anything that doesn't fit into the Fox News narrative. Can you relate? How are you dealing with it in your relationships with your parents?

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[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What's the cause for it? Media manipulation can't be the only one.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

What’s the cause for it?

End stage capitalism.

Don't think it will happen to your country? Neither did most of the people in the USA.

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Most people in US probably didn't think at all.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago

That is not true, I had a thought last week

[–] pep@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Yup. 72 percent of the world's population now live under authoritarian rule -- the last time it was that bad was 1986. And the scary thing is that for the most part, people are voting away their rights, rather than the authoritarians rising to power through invasions and tanks.

[–] atan@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

The ultimate cause is an economic system which is failing to meet the needs of the majority (combined with media run by, and for the minority who the economic system does serve.)

The media's real purpose at this point is to distract the majority from the real issues, and deflect any movement towards a real solution.

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Extreme inequality, easy scapegoat, control of virtually most large media by a few oligarchs, algorithms, lack of education on recognising desinformation... they also think they're part of the in-group rather than realising they will never be considered 'one of them' by the oligarchs.

The one answer is to cut off all hateful news from them, by any means possible.

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Changing people's mind is like quitting smoking. Very difficult.