I am not because I live in a pretty conservative area. So I try to get some leftist points through to coworkers without opening myself up to the ridicule of just being a “commy degenerate” in their eyes. So I think I can get through to them better without outting myself as a Marxist.
I tell anyone who asks. I directly call myself a communist or Marxist. It so far hasn't had the slightest impact on my life. Most people already guess I'm some level of delusional or I'm from a different planet. Being a communist just kind of confirms it to them. Most people I've talked to don't take it like a "hello I'm a scary radical" kind of thing but rather a "I'm a little goofy and I think the CIA is broadcasting alien brain control waves" thing. I come across like Dale from king of the hill to most people. Has anyone else experienced this? I mean like leftist stuff sounding identical to tinfoil hat ramblings to apolitical folk.
Most people at work and around where I live wouldn't be able to explain what a communist is. There's just kind of an assumed conservatism, so communist is just a synonym for "weird foreign thing." my coworkers reserve their true hatred for Democrats, who are apparently directly to blame for everything from low wages to covid to high gas prices to annoying workplace sensitivity training. (they're not wrong sometimes)
The only people who truly care I'm a leftist are my cousins and extended family, who actually never want to see me again. Some people in my family are klansmen, so no great loss honestly.