#socialist

Turning my mom into a socialist

Because believe it or not I’m making progress

So my mom has been a conservative Christian all her life and is currently balls deep in the Trump fandom.

And I think I can change that.

My reasoning for why I think she can become a socialist:

She used some extremely liberal parenting styles on me and my brother, like gentle parenting before it got popular

I once got her to agree to the phrase “From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.”

She thinks Hasan is hot (who doesn’t?)

She’s incredibly empathetic

There’s quite a few people in conservative Christianity and the Republican Party that she loathes

So yesterday we talked a bit about the idea of conservative Christian capitalism and the dangers it causes. It led me to showing her this video from Genetically Modified Skeptic, which was what prompted the conversation in the first place.

The three levels it talks about are

Using God as a marketing tool rather than doing anything actually Christian

Prosperity gospel/Worship music

Christian Imperialism

And we had some good takeaways from the video.

She recognizes that some people just use God and Jesus as a gimmick to sell their product

She hates Trump’s spiritual advisor Paula Cain-White

She no longer wants to try to get her church to use modern worship music

The record companies built on churches are evading taxes

Churches should sometimes be taxed

The Christian music industry is entirely motivated by money and is predatory

Reagan supported a genocide in Guatemala

A genocide against the Mayas even happened in Guatemala

Israel has far more influence over our politics than she realized

The Nigerian “Christian genocide” issue goes far deeper than she realized

We had a really deep conversation about Nigeria afterwards because that’s an issue she’s incredibly passionate about, and we both learned far more about it, having no idea what was happening with Boko Haram.

@TheDemocrats ARE SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL.🤮

THE @DNC IS DESPERATE.

🎀 Che Guevara had developed asthma, as it ran on his mother’s side, and developed it while catching a cold after swimming. Due to his asthma him and his family lived in Alta Gracia-a northern part of Argentina, as it had a dry climate, and many individuals with asthma lived there for that particular reason.

🎀 Che was a very active track and field and rugby athlete. His rugby team, Estudiantes, which Alberto Granado coached. Grando would become an important friend of his as he joined Che during his motorcycle diaries and shared interests in books and medicine!

🎀 Che was in love with his cousin… Carmen Cordova Iturburu de la Serna as they shared an interest in poetry!

Quote: “She often stayed in the Guevaras’ home, where she recalled romantic interludes with Ernesto on the stairwell, talking ‘of literature… and of love because, as often happens between cousins, we too had our idyll. Ernesto was so handsome!’ “ 

🎀 When Che was about 13-14, he and his friends accidentally saw N@z!'s doing secret operations at a hotel.

Quote: “Through an open window, said Bidlinosd, they caught a glimpse of a couple men busy at ‘a long table with lots of metal boxes and things’ But before they could see more, their presence was detected. ‘They heard us, someone came out with lanterns, and fired two shots at us. We left and never returned.’

Source: Che by Jon Lee Anderson

🚨 ZOHRAN MAMDANI DIDN'T WANT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GATHER IN #TimeSquare TO CELEBRATE THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA‼️🤬

A lot of people tried to warn #NewYorkCity about @ZohranKMamdani - but they didn't listen.

Just like @TheDemocrats - when their policies are FAILING BADLY - #ZohranMamdani LIES ‼️🤬🤮

The @NYCMayor👺IS BAD NEWS.

The #Muslim problems are growing in #NYC every week.

IT'S MORE PROOF THAT #ISLAM IS ABSOLUTELY *NOT* COMPATIBLE WITH WESTERN SOCIETIES & DEMOCRACY‼️

Happy #SocialistSunday  everyone. There is a better way. A more democratic way. A way that doesn't exploit. One that cares. 😉✊️