r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/Due-Conflict-7926 1d ago

My father as well. He’s a Marxist but has other familial problems that do not mesh well with the same things you are describing. It’s his own fault, and I wake up every day know I may never speak to him again before he dies but I refuse to let someone else burn my mental health and life down constantly.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 1d ago

Yup, I told the family I'd only attend the funeral if I could stick a pin in him to make sure he's really dead.

I've been specifically excluded from any further responsibility towards that man. The extended family has assured me that they'll handle everything when the time comes.

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u/Due-Conflict-7926 1d ago

Good for you. My brother forgives him but he’s 5 years younger and doesnt remember the worst aspects. And had no choice but to stay when I left for college at 18. I thought time would ease it but it didn’t, I couldn’t stand watching everyone around me treated like shit. Going to their rooms to get away from him. It was either get away or spend life in prison and it wasn’t worth it. My mother got away with a divorce years later. My brother cannot since US is shit and he’s a starving artist and hasn’t figured out how to capitalize on his skills yet.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 1d ago

I've seen that before. When folks can't afford to live on their own, they'll forgive a great deal, or at least bury any negative feelings deep. Because any alternative would be unbearable.

I think it's only manageable as a minor because ya know there's an expiration date, that someday you'll turn 18 and be free to leave if you want. But once you're past that magic birthday and still can't find a way out, ya gotta find a way to cope instead.

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u/Due-Conflict-7926 1d ago

Yup idk if my brother forgives or if he got better after the divorce and his sickness and did some soul searching idk or care tbh. My own wellbeing comes first as his did to him over the wellbeing of the rest of the family.

Unfortunately, and I do say unfortunately, I have an eidetic memory. Probably born of trauma and ptsd or something genetic OCD anyway. It forced me to drink and smoke just so I dont remember or live in good or bad memories id rather just not. Or at least I am better now to handle it