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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm OP and I actually read through this entire thread, and pleasantly surprised that many of you actually read it and got my point. However, some obviously only read the title and the first sentence and immediately got to the conclusion that I must mean leftward shift = pro-Democrat, like Obama in 2008. That is absolutely not what I mean. The Democratic Establishment is going the way of the dinosaurs and the more they try to fight that the more they will lose. I also don't mean "liberal" or "woke." I mean anti-capitalist. Even if not outright supporting socialism, people HATE big business, Wall Street, the financial class, and increasingly, Silicon Valley and the Tech Oligarchs. So "left" might even be a misnomer since the populist right feels this way too.

Take this Washington Post article on Trump-Mamdani voters: https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/07/18/donald-trump-zohran-mamdani-voters-new-york/

It's DCUM that lives in a bubble that thinks that most Americans yearn for moderate, pro-business, pro-corporate politicians. Sure, they probably want someone more moderate on immigration, law and order, trans issues. They do not want a mealy-mouth centrist when it comes to corporations. It's not even about wanting more government "handouts," they want less corporate influence on government and more importantly, less corporate "handouts." People don't believe that America is a meritocracy or that the American Dream is attainable with hard work anymore. [/quote]

I think this is true among Gen Z, who have significantly higher rates of mental illness compared to other generations: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/01/gen-z

Despite the fact that they live in the safest, most prosperous, most liberated time in all of history, they irrationally conclude that the very social institutions that ushered in this golden era need to be torn down and replaced with medieval styles of governance.

Capitalism did not cause your problem. Your thoughts are causing your problem. The idea that you're being oppressed during the most free time for any humans ever-- is objectively irrational. Revolution will not help and you all are way too soft and mentally ill to handle the hardships and disease that would follow. [/quote]

Spoken like a true MAGA! Pure drivel. Have you not heard that the felon is itching to go back to the “golden age?” I think he means the gilded age and that’s certainly indicative of his policies.

Though I applaud your misguided use of CBT. For it to work properly, you need to start with factual circumstances. The irony is that you’re also a victim of your fearful thoughts. [/quote]

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