Same here in Portugal. My parents were in their early-to-mid 20s when the dictatorship ended here, and my mom speaks fondly of our dictator Salazar. She lost 2

Same here in Portugal. My parents were in their early-to-mid 20s when the dictatorship ended here, and my mom speaks fondly of our dictator Salazar. She lost 2 out of 12 brothers and sisters — 3 months and 4 years old, respectively — to perfectly curable diseases, and 2 others are crippled because of health complications when they were children. None of the 10 that made it to adulthood studied past the 6th grade. My dad was sent to a Catholic boarding school 300 km away from his mom when he was 10, because she couldn't feed him; he only studied until the 4th grade and started working when he was 11 years old. My mom votes for Chega, the far-right party, and my wife is an immigrant (and I'm an ex-emigrant). She resents her life, and Chega rides on that resentment. It's very painful to see loved ones drift into this hate.