re: I sent a conservative son to college and got a socialist in return

Give him money to go to Cuba for Spring Break. But Jordan Peterson has been saying that today's universities are the biggest threat to democracy in the world today. And look at the numbers of college aged kids who voted for Obama the first time, then abandoned him the second election.

He is likely simping for some girl.He is gonna have to figure that lesson out the hard way.

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I bet there’s a girl involved.

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In all likelihood, probably a boy.

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I am hoping a lot of these "cut him off" comments are in jest. People legit want their kids to be NPCs and avoid any self development or realization. That's the mentality of a cult and you only create drones with cults.

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I disagree. He's a college aged adult that possibly has had most of life handed to him. Tough love is a hard thing to do, but necessary at times.

I'm coming around to the idea that hard core socialism is a mental virus.

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NPC just denotes no free will b/c of indoctrination, causing them to repeat what they're told. Just because the term originated to insult Leftists doesn't mean it only applies to them Creating drones to believe and repeat the (political, in this case) phrases you require is literally an NPC.

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This entire post reinforces you don’t understand what the term means. Pirate king, one of the unquestionably dumbest people on this board, has demonstrated in this thread he has a better understanding of it than you.

OP cutting his son off financially is him not supporting decisions his actions he disagrees with. He’s not telling his son how to think, he’s choosing not to support his way of thinking. You undoubtedly are one of those that don’t understand the difference between boycotting and cancel culture as well.

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We didn't push our conservative beliefs on our children at all. We raised them in a conservative home with conservative values, we taught them to be responsible for their own actions, we taught them that life can be difficult, but with hard work and perseverance this great country provides you the opportunity to be successful. He was so excited to cast his first time vote for Donald Trump in the primaries!

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I have a 26 year old daughter that 100% bought into the George Floyd crapola.

I think what has really shocked me over the past 10-15 years is how much the Gaslight Media and academia work together to re-enforce the cultural Marxist indoctrination/messaging. The combination of mass media and academia is extremely effective at capturing the minds of the weak minded and gullible Americans.

It’s just kids in the world. Most are idealistic bc they have never dealt with world. Theories are great. Reality is different. I was one who was liberal for a long time to finally switch gears. The shite doesn’t work. You vote your way into socialism and have to fight your way out. By then it’s too late.

There is a woman who begs for money on the 190 off-ramp in Mandeville. I dont think she is homeless, but begging is how she supports herself. We drive past her a few months ago and my six year old says, ‘there’s that lazy woman wanting money. Probably stinking too.” I tried not to laugh, but I know she has heard me say those things seemingly to myself over time.

One of my 4 kids did that. She is a CS major and is making very good money working for a large corporation. She is coming around, as she sees how much in taxes she pays now, vs what she paid while in college.

Every time Congress passes a spending bill, I always ask my kids, "Where do you think that money is going?" My liberal daughter called me up recently complaining about the money we send to Ukraine, and the military industrial complex. She still kind of thinks that the money should go to the homeless, but she went to high school in Portland and college in Eugene, and isn't stupid... She just doesn't want to be a full blown conservative, yet, but hasn't figured out how to direct billions of dollars towards people who need help without wasting it on people who game the system.