Me: [Describes my assignment this term. It concerns a current supreme court case.]

Him: Wow, they’re teaching you real ideas! That’s something. That’s how you make something of yourself in your field. What do you think about that?

Me: Uh? Regarding my brief or something else? My brief was just assigned. I haven’t started researching it yet.

Him: No, that they’re teaching you real ideas. Do you have an opinion on that?

Me: um, no? I like the assignment. It seems interesting.

Him: That’s not good. You should have a take on that. If people don’t believe in what you’re saying, you won’t be worth anything. You need to have a take and be able to argue for it, because that’s what your field is paid to do.

Me: Well, no, the law applies to you whether you believe in it or not-

Him: No, it doesn’t! Those systems were set up by globalists and Trump destroyed all of that. It’s all worthless now. You need to convince people to believe in good ideas that make society better.

  • paris@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Those systems were set up by globalists and Trump destroyed all of that. It’s all worthless now. You need to convince people to believe in good ideas that make society better.

    If by “globalists” he means Jews, then obviously he’s just being insane. But there is an underlying truth here if he means “capital”. The legal and financial systems that the world is built on have been set up by international capital interests. Trump didn’t destroy any of it, not really. Throwing a wrench in things with tariffs and such, but that’s about it. Billionaires and CEOs still have lavish dinners at the White House to court special treatment. Capital interests are still influential in politics. If you want to overturn all of this and build a better society, then you do have to convince people to believe in good ideas, but I have a feeling your MAGA father’s “good ideas” are not, in fact, good ideas.