There is a large valley that people jump over to keep their black and white thinking. Which is between "just accept them they are family" and "cut them the fuck out completely," to absolve them of any responsibility to help pull them out of the madness.
And most importantly, absolving themselves of failing to protect their own family from the cult thinking. Because if they had paid attention earlier, I'd wager it never would have gotten this bad. Maybe that time was 10+ years ago, but there was a time.
There is a point where you cannot save someone, family or not, but denying the Left a footsoldier in your own clan should always be the first thought in your mind rather than "how can I do nothing about this?"
My sibling works at a university. Everyone she works with, everyone responsible for her promotion (or lack of) is a Neo-Marxist. Her entire working career has been there. Her mentor received a lifetime achievement award for contributions to the field of Critical Theory, which is literal Neo-Marxist theory.
They may not be very Neo-Marxist, but that is like saying they are the least retarded kid on the short bus.
Probably before she made the decision to enter a career where her entire life would require sucking up to and being surrounded by Marxists. Unless she was of course that much older than you that you were too young to do so.
Its certainly not always a possible course but, as I said, its a large valley of consideration between the extreme position of "said woke shit, never speaking to them again they are lost forever."
Woke wasn't a formulated thing before I left high school but I was a staunch anti-feminist beforehand which is probably the equivalent of the time. And that was from the ease of looking around and saying "hey this don't seem right" so its not like it took me a lot of intelligence to do so.
I also managed to get 7 years of education in the Psychology field, where Woke is literally born, without becoming one of them. Mostly thanks to the help of friends who'd call me retarded when the indoctrination was small enough to not be rooted and their help explaining how the manipulation of facts worked.
And then I realized on my own after the end of that how much I'd have to sell my soul to continue in said industry and moved on into other work.
So the answer to all your "please absolve me of having been able to do anything" questions is that it is possible yes. Not a guarantee, as some people are simply born to be that way, but, again, there is a large valley of things you could try before you write somebody off as a lost cause just because its easier for you.
There is a large valley that people jump over to keep their black and white thinking. Which is between "just accept them they are family" and "cut them the fuck out completely," to absolve them of any responsibility to help pull them out of the madness.
And most importantly, absolving themselves of failing to protect their own family from the cult thinking. Because if they had paid attention earlier, I'd wager it never would have gotten this bad. Maybe that time was 10+ years ago, but there was a time.
There is a point where you cannot save someone, family or not, but denying the Left a footsoldier in your own clan should always be the first thought in your mind rather than "how can I do nothing about this?"
My sibling works at a university. Everyone she works with, everyone responsible for her promotion (or lack of) is a Neo-Marxist. Her entire working career has been there. Her mentor received a lifetime achievement award for contributions to the field of Critical Theory, which is literal Neo-Marxist theory.
They may not be very Neo-Marxist, but that is like saying they are the least retarded kid on the short bus.
When should I have stepped in?
Probably before she made the decision to enter a career where her entire life would require sucking up to and being surrounded by Marxists. Unless she was of course that much older than you that you were too young to do so.
Its certainly not always a possible course but, as I said, its a large valley of consideration between the extreme position of "said woke shit, never speaking to them again they are lost forever."
So, while she was away at University, I should have persuaded her to give up her studies and take up a trade?
Or should I have pre-empted her career right out of high school?
Did you know what "woke" was right out of high school? I didn't.
Woke wasn't a formulated thing before I left high school but I was a staunch anti-feminist beforehand which is probably the equivalent of the time. And that was from the ease of looking around and saying "hey this don't seem right" so its not like it took me a lot of intelligence to do so.
I also managed to get 7 years of education in the Psychology field, where Woke is literally born, without becoming one of them. Mostly thanks to the help of friends who'd call me retarded when the indoctrination was small enough to not be rooted and their help explaining how the manipulation of facts worked.
And then I realized on my own after the end of that how much I'd have to sell my soul to continue in said industry and moved on into other work.
So the answer to all your "please absolve me of having been able to do anything" questions is that it is possible yes. Not a guarantee, as some people are simply born to be that way, but, again, there is a large valley of things you could try before you write somebody off as a lost cause just because its easier for you.