My life is so weird… this is the thing that’s gonna push me to talk to the finance people at my university because they’re the only ones I have on hand to really ask about this. I’m not super thrilled but I know my parents aren’t being malicious…

This is actually how my stepdad explained it to me, sort of. That there would still be interest on any loans that I take out, but because its my policy then anything I pay back just goes back to me? Regardless, I know for a fact that I would never take out a loan from this policy because loans are awful, I already have student loans I have to pay back eventually and that whole experience sucks so I never want to go through it again regardless of whether the money stays mine.

I guess that this policy is supposed to be like a savings account but it gains money overtime even when I don’t touch it? I am going to meet with the insurance people soon, my stepdad will be in the video call as well, and I guess things will be explained more to me. I can also ask my own questions considering I want to leave the country in the very near future.

Oh so it’s even worse than I thought. Very cool :(

They have their own policies too but want to make me one so I can get money too. They’d be paying into both their policies and my own until I have a proper job, that’s when they’d pass the policy to me while they only handle their own.

Sure, making and accumulating money is great but I’m scared of this whole thing blowing up in my face. I also don’t trust the people that push infinite banking considering their stupid articles on socialism.

I don’t know any financial advisors except the ones at my university but I have no clue if they could help me with this…

The one I’m writing right now. I would give a serious answer but it seems like everyone is joking around so I’ll keep it to myself lmao.

It’s very frustrating because he understands that there’s a problem but blames the wrong people. I do not know how to go about deprogramming him, it’s tough because of age and temperament. He’s a good person but very misguided regarding politics.

I think my step dad’s mentality is that because unions demand wage increases and benefits, that means that companies are spending more on paying workers rather than paying for higher quality materials/products. He also complains about how expensive things are nowadays and attributes that to unions as well.

Oh yes, Canada has a terrible history regarding unions. The population used to be very unionized way back in the early 20th century but government crackdowns and propaganda had union building take a steep nosedive. It’s been like that forever and hasn’t really improved.

I don’t recall encountering any anti-union sentiment through school, I’ve only ever heard it from people around. I never grew up with the sentiment either due to my dad being union and seeing how strikes work on TV.

I think my step dad’s animosity must come from his family because my step grandpa has stated his disdain for the teacher’s and healthcare worker strikes that have happened recently and even years ago too.

Canadians (the settlers specifically) are just very weird and as bad as Americans but with a self righteous flavour.

Not at all! My bio dad and step dad get along very well! They don’t talk about work like that either so I don’t even think my step dad knows about my dad’s union.

Broke my heart seeing the news this morning. Such an inspiring comrade and amazing historian. He is now in the Great Lecture Hall in the Sky.

I believe they got hate before but it really exploded when they exposed that the Democrats were paying TikTok creators to spread good PR without disclosing that they were, in fact, being paid to do so. This made many people come out to attack them and it just never stopped. Now that they know Madeline exists they attack everything she says. The most recent discourse has been about Madeline’s defence of the DPRK.

She called out a leftist creator because he was supporting state department propaganda about the DPRK and now everybody is running around claiming that Madeline said that this guy was directly killing North Koreans when what she was actually saying is that he was contributing to USA state lies that harm the North. This shit will never stop and thankfully Madeline has thick skin.

Snowed like crazy and it was cold as hell but I slayed at the party games. My niece and nephew loved their gifts but they did get into a few toddler fist fights which I had to break up. The food was also fantastic and I brought home a large casserole dish full of leftovers.

Some of my family were annoying but that’s normal coming from those specific individuals, I just had to do my best to ignore them. It wasn’t even political, just them arguing and also poking fun at me because it’s easy.

Thank you, it was awful but at least it’s over lol

I hated every second of it and am still mad lol but the propranolol helped keep me from stuttering and shaking.

Presentation today 😔

Gross is the perfect word to describe the feeling. Because it’s bad enough to hear these sentiments from other people (classmates, colleagues, random podcasters, etc.) but to hear come from people you’re related too? There’s just an extra layer of grosses added on.

I also, weirdly enough, have a DJT supporter in my family but I’ve also successfully pivoted conversations with them to avoid politics since last time that happened we got into a screaming match where I was forced to apologize.

Sometimes people know better and are just spoiling for a fight.

Again, this is the perfect explanation. I know that they know I’m right but they just want to fight. They hate to admit that they’re wrong so they’ll keep pushing until they have nothing else left to argue, and then just stop without admitting their faults. It’s very annoying and exhausting.

It was one of the most painful things I had to sit through and this happens at almost every single family gathering. This is the first time communism has ever been uttered, but at every other event there’s complaints about immigrants and/or trans people. There is also weird glazing over Portugal and apologia for slavery. So it is something I go through very often but never get used to.

I have one year left of undergrad and then will have a few months off before I can start my masters. It’ll be so nice once I can finally stand on my own, preferably in a different country too. Thank you for the well wishes comrade, it means a lot!

It was a very intellectually painful discussion that I was unable to participate in. I wanted to so badly say that communism is the reason why Cuba has been able to survive the embargo, had it been a capitalist country it would’ve been fucked. But alas.

Correct, but she hates them for the wrong reasons lol. She’s just pissed that Mark Carney of the Liberal party won instead of Pierre Poilievre of the Conservative Party (Canadian politics).

My aunt’s political knowledge is based on our parties and vibes. She doesn’t know what liberalism and conservatism actually means. She just hates that our liberal party is not explicitly racist or transphobic. She does not understand that the Conservatives are the exact same regarding every policy ever. She just hears liberal and thinks of trans people.

I think it’s both since the inside of the book is basically the bible with the citations being scripture, the formatting, and the paper quality being incredibly thin.