I met some long time friends for pizza and beer tonight and i thought it was a fun night but right before we parted ways the two of them held an intervention with me. They said i was bringing up "socialist stuff" too much and it was making them depressed. They said to keep the conversation exclusively to things like games and anime. That if i didnt stop they didnt want to be friends anymore. Have you guys/gals/nonbinary pals experienced something like this before?
I'd say, play the long game and don't expect him to be reading Mao tomorrow. His workplace is the best educator and will do the heavy lifting for you. As long as he's an actual worker and he's not doing anything PMC-ish, he's going to see first hand how he's being exploited. He's going to see how fucking shit management and owners are.
My partner was pretty centrist at first. I didn't push it or anything, just talked how terrible my boss is and how fucked up the rich are. Movies at home are more socialist, like Boon Joon-ho. Six years later, and she's wishing that Stalin was back.
Honestly veganism is harder, as there's no direct connection with our lives. So you got the tougher part down.