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Turns out people get offended when you respond to their propaganda with "So we've been told." (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 days ago by CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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My therapist made a comment about how China is a failed socialist experiment because they have 2-3 year olds working in factories. I responded "So we've been told." She looks at me like I'm crazy. (Not a great look for a therapist) "I've not seen any evidence of that."

"Because they're such a closed country!"

"Which means you have no evidence to your point either?"

"Well, missionaries... anyway!"

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[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

every week I'm boundlessly grateful that my therapist has the politics of Jennifer Welch (i.e. no-enemies-to-my-left radlibism) and that I can talk to her about how much I hate this place and how much I loathe the Dems and how I want to be more active as a communist organizer but also wanting to get a K-Visa and she just nods and essentially goes "yeah that’s a fair assessment."

Sorry you have to deal with one that argues with you like that, they're generally not supposed to be outwardly contentious like that, especially with session-trivial disagreements. I hope better options for you crop up in the future meow-hug

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 28 points 4 days ago

My guess is she sees socialism as a dangerous and possibly self-destructive ideology and wants to protect me from it? Or maybe the brainworms really are that deep that she can't help but argue. But yeah, thank you for the well-wishes!