More like they need to make good with you. My parents didn't support me being trans but they decided they would rather have me in their life than have an issue with me being trans. And I don't disown them for voting R. In fact I've made them reconsider a lot of their beliefs by treating them like human beings instead of demons.
OTOH, I'm tired of people dehumanizing each other, disowning friends and family for their political party affiliation. Most people do not hold the abhorrent views our politicians do and refusing to speak with people who disagree with you is just going to make things worse for everyone. Sure if grandpa can't shut up for 10 seconds about Q then stop visiting them but most people aren't like that. You are never going to convince more reasonable people to your side of you dehumanize and refuse to engage with them though.
Fuck politicians though. They can get fucked. Most people are a lot more reasonable and just want to live their lives in peace.
I was speculating that maybe they are going to drive the stock price into the ground and the magically "fix everything" to make it go back up, and make money on that...somehow. I'm not a stocks person so I don't know.
I normally hold my nose and vote for them, and most recently it has cost me my favorite cigars and pipe tobacco, being able to order vape stuff online, and my 3D printed gun hobby. I've been signed up for multiple financial services without my consent (might have to do with being a government worker idk), taking money from my paychecks until I can cancel them since most of the benefits of I'm not even eligible for and already have my own preferred versions of them set up.
I'm forced into a corrupted bottle recycling scam that forces me to store cans and then drive them to a recycling facility and stand in line for hours, instead of just putting them into the recycling can right outside my front door. The system is set up with a perverse incentive to make recycling as hard as they can get away with. I'm gonna get angry if I keep trying to think of more ways they fucked me over, but I'm sure there is more.
Edit: Oh yeah, the requirement for paper bags and having to pay for them even though paper bags are worse for the environment. I have my own reusable bag but when I forget it the paper bags tend to break on me. A rent control law with an absurdly high limit on the raises that both guarentees landlords will raise the price every year AND people will still be priced out of their homes anyway.
At this point you might be able to guess where I live. For all of that I got nothing of meaningful benefit. I really don't know if I'm going to be able to do it next time.
Nothing like Facebook. Signal, Discord, Email, SMS otherwise.