What conservatives don’t understand is we know you’re full of shit because you raised us. You idealize about a time that never was and we know it because we watched it destroy you. We were all raised in broken homes because you broke them. We watched the war on drugs destroy our neighborhoods because you were the ones who were xenophobic. We know this is all fantasy because we watched you fail and we don’t want that for ourselves or anyone.

So please. Keep your fetishes in the bed room.

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    The only reason the blue collar man in the meme can afford a suburban home, a large family and free time on one income is because of very large taxes on the rich and very high rates of unionization. If people have these and choose to be trad-idiots, fine, so long as other people can also have these things and be free to choose to not be trad-idiots.

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      Ah yes: jealousy. The driving force of all leftists/socialists/communists.

      YOU CAN’T HAVE MORE THAN ME!!!

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        It ought to be the driving force of every person you meet, at least until the playing field gets leveled a bit. Remember, the periods where the American Dream was achievable were paid for by a 70% corporate tax rate, which got tossed out for “trickle down” Reganomics. And we have indeed trickled down.

        A single person shouldn’t have enough money to buy the government of the richest country on earth, yet here we are.

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        Dude, I honestly think you might need remedial language courses if you think that’s even close to what he said. No joke your reading comprehension is concerning. Do you understand? Do I need to dumb it down even more for you? Do you need pictures?

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        Lol, more like “you can’t have so much more than me that I end up being forced to serve you just to survive”.

        If you think that’s “jealousy”, you don’t understand what wealth is.

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    Fascism loves “traditional family values”. It’s been used in propaganda for a long time. Everyone looks idyllic while fitting into prescribed roles that happen to put men at the top.

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    There is no path back to this idyllic lifestyle the children of the right wing want to reestablish.

    It has been destroyed by the very extreme capitalism they espouse. Mom has to work now. Times have changed. These people live in an alternate reality. Want to fix shit? Get rid of billionaires.

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    I 100% guarantee that a majority of tradwife influencers do none of that bullshit off camera. Just another rightwing scam.

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      Yeah there’s been multiple instances where “tradwives” were exposed that they were the complete opposite.

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    In the 1950s Americans bought almost nothing they couldn’t afford in cash. Consumption of non-necessities was very low by comparison to today. If people want to live like they did in the 1950s USA we need to all join unions, stop buying stuff, and have the industrial capacity of the rest of the world be destroyed by war.

    Personally I’d prefer focusing on the present and future rather than glorification of the past.

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      The dad looks like he’s about to pelt his kid in the face with that football.

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    Nice try, but the daughter’s dress is too short, I can see that slut’s knees. The mom and the daughter are outside too, when they should be in the kitchen. Nice try making leftist propaganda looks right wing.

    Also /s because satire is impossible now. Sorry for writing such horrible things.

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      Sure, I’ll admit it. My ex and I took fairly traditional family roles, but that was because we both chose it. Also, I could afford it by virtual of a good college education and a well-paying white collar job.

      So if you prefer that style of family life, you really need to focus on

      • much stronger support of unions and a much higher minimum wage, to make it possible for one person to support a family
      • much better financial support for a college education to anyone who might benefit, or at least fixing the student loan sword of Damocles
      • a society freer of repression and expectations, so people can fairly choose the role that fits them best, not be forced into a role they don’t want
      • early childhood support, including medical and childcare: it takes a village and we need local governments to help fill that role
      • much larger affordable housing supply
      • greatly expanded transit and walkable cities/town centers, so you’re not forcing the additional expenses of a private car

      Here’s your challenge, republicans, this is how to support such a lifestyle successfully. Do this and people who want such a lifestyle can choose it without being forced, and they can afford it: empower those people to succeed, while not trying to force it on scenarios it will fail. This is the right wing agenda we can all aspire to

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    Is this image AI generated? That football almost looks literally egg-shaped. I know that some call the sport American Hand-Egg, but this is uncanny.