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Definitely, although the link to alcoholism is an interesting one. The other person who did this was also an alcoholic and said that the 12 steps made her admit she was wrong.
I really have a lot of issues with AA and NA and other groups that use the 12 steps for a lot of reasons, but I'm glad it helped at least one person in this way.
Indeed. I've often half-joked that the bulk of the MAGA movement is just a huge meth problem hiding in plain sight. It definitely stands to reason alcohol could have a similar effect on some people.
Might be. But I was in DC on the 6th, and let me tell you that the people I saw wearing the red hats were “normal”. Older couples, people you’d see at the highway gas stop restaurant. They might be from areas with a rural meth problem, but they were people the caricature comes from. Working class, rural, red-staters that gobble down the fear and rage in their Fox News and Truth Social echo chambers.
Having grown up with a meth addict parent, you may not know what to look for in otherwise "normal" adults who are meth addicts. If they have the self control not to let the drug take over, they can live for years without showing any outward signs of their habit. It's amazing how long some people can be functioning adults and addicted.
they're desperate and will latch onto anything that gives them relief from their daily lives. throughout human history that's been vice and extremism. a small number of gross looking men have directed that extremism towards the right wing to the detriment of the left. they got us here because the left too often said "these are the weapons of the enemy. i do not need them. i will not use them."
well.
we lost the war because we refused to pick up any weapons. or at least the politicians we'd most be able to help did. the right monopolized violence, technological mass media, and populism. the left saw this, and just as in the 1920s, refused to push the extremists, the fascists, nazis, bolsheviks, and militarists, out of power. too much of the focus was placed on following the proper order of procedure. none was placed on "how do we hold government accountable"
why?
nacy pelosi doesn't want an accountable government. these nut jobs have tried to kill her and her husband, but ooooh that stock portfolio tho. and she's not the only one