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This, but unironically. Have any of you seen this trad wife shit? Spooky. No, thanks.

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

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.
- It never existed. It’s pure fantasy.

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.

I 100% guarantee that a majority of tradwife influencers do none of that bullshit off camera. Just another rightwing scam.
- Yeah there's been multiple instances where "tradwives" were exposed that they were the complete opposite.

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

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.
- Yes, it's AI.
- It's a good guess.

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
- 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

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.
- Ah yes: jealousy. The driving force of all leftists/socialists/communists.
  YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN ME!!!
  
  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.
  
  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?
  
  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.

That was my abusive parents view of the perfect family. When I see photo's like that it makes me angry.
- The dad looks like he's about to pelt his kid in the face with that football.

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.
- Not pictured; 90% Top tax bracket.

That whole tradwife thing really is just a fetish, free use full time submissive.
- 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.
- My friend wants to know if it's a category on PornHub 😬
  
  Depending on which part your friend is interested in, YouTube may serve.
  
  Your friend will rest easy. After a few intense moments.

That child is about to get knocked tf out with a football
- He'll be fine, it's an AI eggball.
- "I'm just toughening you up! Grab some sack, rub some dirt on it, and walk it off, ya fuckin' snowflake!"
  ETA: rogue comma
- "Oh, you think you're funny calling me 'white supremacy mario.' I'll show you funny you little fucker."

Running in overalls is weird.
- Why? They are just clothes. People run in clothes all the time
  
  Because they are uncomfortable for movement, heavy, and absorb sweat. It's not likely anybody would be wearing them for sports unless it was just a quick impromptu thing and as such it looks weird.

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.
- 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)
- 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.
  
  4 kids...
  
  What is this Patriarchy you speak of ? Is it a new flavour of ice-cream ?
- 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.
  
  I'm reading this and I'm not sure you clearly demonstrated your point. Not that you need to answer to me but I wouldn't mind hearing you out.

Which Mario Brother is the blue one?
- That’s their grandfather,

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

You said "we" 8 times without once consulting anyone else if this was actually their experience.
- Ok, tell me about your fantastical childhood.
  Edit: I speak for the people who hid the fact they collected food stamps because they were made ashamed. I speak for the kids in "banana splits" because they didn't understand divorce meant risk. I speak for all the kids in detention and after-school programs and given the label "troubled youths".
  So, please tell me about you.
  Edit2: "my" trauma comes with data
  
  This was not my experience, except I do agree that the war on drugs has done way more damage than good. The shitty, modern sociopolitical climate you're projecting onto the past simply is not what I remember of the past.
  EDIT: Again, speaking for others, as if you're some sort of savior and they are voiceless invalids. Just speak for yourself.

I know this is hard to believe, but many Americans do enjoy a nice suburban life. This stuff reads like nonsense to a good portion of the country.
- If you look at this and think, "nice suburban life." I think that says more about you then it does me.
  
  Lololol having a yard and kids is a literal hellscape!

Who is this "you"?
- Conservatives

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