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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

It's an idealized world that was created by ad agencies to sell shit to people.

[–] blarth 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

It never existed. It’s pure fantasy.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah there's been multiple instances where "tradwives" were exposed that they were the complete opposite.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

That's not the daughter, that's wife #2.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yes, it's AI.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It's a good guess.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know left wingers who look like that. Thing is they want it for themselves and don't force it on the rest of us

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That was my abusive parents view of the perfect family. When I see photo's like that it makes me angry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Not pictured; 90% Top tax bracket.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That whole tradwife thing really is just a fetish, free use full time submissive.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

My favorite was the one who made cereal from scratch which took hours. It turns out her husband is related to Joseph Smith the creator of Mormonism which is why she had the money to spend her day making a bowl of cereal as she has nannies to do the actual mothering.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My friend wants to know if it's a category on PornHub 😬

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Depending on which part your friend is interested in, YouTube may serve.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Your friend will rest easy. After a few intense moments.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That child is about to get knocked tf out with a football

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

He'll be fine, it's an AI eggball.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Oh, you think you're funny calling me 'white supremacy mario.' I'll show you funny you little fucker."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"I'm just toughening you up! Grab some sack, rub some dirt on it, and walk it off, ya fuckin' snowflake!"

ETA: rogue comma

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Running in overalls is weird.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The issue is not the ideal. The issue is the methods used to achieve those ideals. Made worse with their denial and repression of others ideals that don't align with their own.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

No, the idea is inherently patriarchal and racist. The idea is fantasy because, no, people can't afford a home and three kids on a single person's income.

The people who made this work were privileged whites benefiting from generational wealth while the rest got clothes lined by the real fucking world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (6 children)

The issue is also the ideal, one man, one woman, 2.5 kids, a dog, an incredibly inefficient suburban lifestyle. The American dream was a racist, classist far right fantasy that can't exist at the same time as evel surface level equality under capitalism. Even if you randomize the races and genders involved, you're still effectively living your ideal by submitting to the ideal economic unit for advertisers, not yourself.

It's rotten from the core, and downright evil to want. No matter how you work towards this ideal you're going to trample the rights of others and objectively make the world worse with your existence.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The issue is also the disconnect from reality: achieving such an ideal would require policy that is diametrically opposite to what they're pushing for.

(apart from the inherent sexism and racism)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Which Mario Brother is the blue one?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

That’s their grandfather, GPoppy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

That man is a stripe shirt away from being a life size My Buddy doll

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