doncrypto

My far left millennial brother in law loves what's happening in NYC. He gets his views from Twitch (Destiny, Hassan, etc) & Reddit, so I'm confident he's similar to other leftists. I picked his brain and here's what I can tell about the normies on the left: 1) He's glad not to live in NYC and pay those taxes. He admits this is completely hypocritical. He seems to view the state as a means to punish enemies. 2) I told him these types of tax seizures have failed in every country when tried, over all of human history. He doesn't care. I'm unclear if he can't think of 2nd order effects, or the punishment of his enemies is the point. 3) He plays dumb / pretends not to understand when there's something that makes liberals look bad. "Huh, I don't know about that, <subject change>." I don't know where liberals learned this, but it's weird when you trip it. 4) Woke not only isn't gone, it's stronger than ever. The difference now is liberals don't share their opinions as openly as before. I think they understand, on some level, their views can't withstand reality. I experience this when traveling, too. Liberals keep their thoughts to themselves if they hear I'm from Florida. They'll wrap up their mentally ill conversations when I walk up. In previous years, they assumed everyone held their views. 5) DEI is still their god. My brother in law was a huge Kanye fan. We made fun of him because Ye came up in every other conversation somehow. So when seeing him recently, I asked when we were going to a Kanye concert to HH as a family. My brother in law disavowed ever liking Kanye. And then the conversation got contentious. 😅 (BTW: defending Kanye's song HH directly to a liberal is some of the most fun you'll ever have. Highly recommended.) My overall impressions talking with him and other IRL liberals recently: -They don't care about the destruction they're causing. They just want others to feel pain. -Liberalism is their religion, and they pray daily. Every interaction or conversation is a chance to reaffirm their liberal beliefs and spread the word. Nothing deters them on their holy mission. -Modern liberalism is about tribal allegiance, not outcomes. I don't think they believe good outcomes are even possible. They never mention this utopia they're striving for, only the pain they inflict on others. -They don't believe fraud is real. They believe the government is a righteous organization that also has perfect accounting. The only flaw of government in their minds is non-liberal views are allowed to persist. My conclusion: we can't share a country with these people. And we won't. Conservatives have long held their beliefs quiet, and now liberals are doing the same. Less dialog with each other only leads to diverging views. The smart will eventually lead an exodus, likely when the nation-wide wealth tax comes (they're already planning it!). We see that with tech bros abandoning the west coast. CA lost 1/2 of it's billionaire wealth in literal days, and the CEO of Starbucks left WA the day they introduced an income tax. I don't think Balkanization happens (the breakup of the country), as it would just lead to the federal government seizing any leader who tried to propose it. Liberals love what's happening in NYC. Soon it'll be in your town. Plan your escape now, anon.