We should have social systems to help people over come those fears and protect them from threats, both physical and financial. No one should be forced to be with someone they fear because of finances, childcare, safety, or loneliness.

I don't disagree with that. I would support that in a heartbeat if I had the funds to do so.

Not all shitty partners induce fear. I’ve known some girls who are just head over heels due to how attractive, wealthy, or mostly sweet a guy is. The good times outshine the bad times and they get into the “i can fix him” mentality.

Sure, not all shitty partners, but there is often more going on behind closed doors than many people realize.

My brother is like that where he has gotten away with cheating with nearly every partner he has had. It usually takes the girl months to finally leave him and say its been enough. Hes the chad gym type and genuinely doesn’t have to try to pull women. Any time they threaten to leave he gets all sweet, shows up with gifts and acts romantic and sexy just to get caught cheating again next week.

That's called "love bombing" and is a common part of the cycle of abuse.

We need to be hard on ourselves sometimes and push manipulative people out of our lives. I think an erosion of IRL friendships has influenced this trend as well. I used to know girls who would band together to help a girl get rid of a shitty guy they were infatuated with but that is much harder to do online than in person.

I don't disagree with that, however, people like this tend to worm their way into positions of authority like a parasite that you can't get rid of. The fact that they often have zero issues lying through their teeth to get you on "their side" is a massive issue that many of the general public simply cannot grasp ("why would my wife/husband/preacher/friend/etc lie to me?" etc...).

It gets even worse when someone like that gets their hands on the very methods used to build those organizations and tears them all down. See the current state of the USA for example. I lived with an abusive partner for 11 years, and there is an unbelievable amount of parallels between them and the current US administration. What they are doing right now is incredibly triggering, knowing that I essentially have no escape from it.

Fear.

"Why do you have 999 tattooed on your hand?"

"It's not, you're looking at it upside down"

"Ahhh..."

Nah, I'd bet a sly Italian person slipping something about "the mob/mafia" in conversation with the maga morons would have maga rethinking antagonizing Italians.

Plus, my wife has literal family ties to the mob (she's part Sicilian)

Yes, that's the whole idea

That has no bearing in this conversation, nor the point being made. Geographical size plays a large factor in this whether you agree with it or not.

I mean, you do realize that the USA is larger than the EU, right? Some US states dwarf multiple European countries - combined.

/r/conservative gets a pass on a lot of shit. Admins don't like it when they get called out for it.

OK, and? Do you think I'm holding Biden up like some sort of weird godking? All I'm seeing for a source from you is "trust me bro"

I never said I agreed with what Biden was doing. In fact, I was refuting the claim that Trump would improve the situation, when he has clearly made everything so much worse.

I try to get banned as much as I can there until every IP I use to make accounts is IP banned. Which means entire physical sites can get banned if I try hard enough.

Edit: Got a 7-day ban for saying fascists should be shot and left for dead in the street.

*citation needed

Yeah but Biden supported a genocide in Gaza

And trump has been handling that situation better, somehow?

I saw that. Either they're incredibly dumb, or they're absolutely taking the piss.

then use AI

Fuck no.

It's been going for a while now; I'm honestly surprised it's still up.

Why do that when they can lie through their teeth to just get it shut down altogether?

Remember: "'Meet me in the middle,' says the unjust man. You take a step forward, he takes a step back. 'Meet me in the middle,' says the unjust man."

There is no arguing sense and logic with these people. Their goal is to make you suffer. Nothing else.

I hate to break it to you bud, but pretty much every single vehicle sold in the last 5 years or so are equipped with LED headlights.

But even stupid people get the 2 term rule and can grasp why it matters.

I used to think that. Then Trump got elected again.

People are legitimately stupid and I have no patience for it anymore. I'm losing my mind and I don't know how to protect my family when shit hits the fan.

I'm scared, man. It's giving me nightmares.

So it's gonna be January 6th all over again?

I'm not trying to be a pessimist, but this is the same kind of logic J6ers used in 2021. They believed that the election was stolen and tried to invade the capitol as a result.

I'd like to be proven wrong here, but if a massive crowd of armed people show up to the capitol doors if trump is somehow reelected in 2028, you'd be hard pressed to convince most normal people that it's any different than J6.

No, EVs don't have any connecting rods, that was the joke.