There’s some evidence that the retreat of social services makes people more reactionary. Good discussion of that in here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...

It's intentionally connected. @swordsjew.bsky.social's Wild Faith has some excellent related points about the various steps Christian Nationalists et al continue to take to isolate children and enable their abuse

you're right though. school is hell

they want to make it illegal for schools to stop homophobic bullying because it infringes on the parent's religious freedom. yes really

"parents' rights" = Children-As-Property = the Right to Indoctrinate

it's fascistic isolationism

it's an isolation campaign. they already got rid of all the in person options. we have to fight baack

makes sense. they have compact valuable goods and won't call the cops and report it stolen