Just to clarify, Im talking about my face to face interactions with people. I know social democracy is imperialist, unworkable, and doomed to fail. But I have trouble articulating why socialism is the only way forward. I can point out all the problems with capitalism, though.

There’s too much baggage associated with the S word; people immediately point to 100 billion dead vuvuzela. If I had to think of the biggest stumbling block to convincing people, it’s the controversial history associated with socialism. And I just don’t know enough about each individual “atrocity” and “failure” that happened in order to debunk it all. I feel like in order to convince anyone, you have to know basically the entire history of every socialist country by memory. And if I cared enough I could probably learn, but then I give into my pessimism and think “what’s the point? The people are too propagandized to convert.”

Probably the wrong comm to post in, but I give up trying to think of the right one to mark this as.

  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    This feels like a bad strategy as only someone primed to be receptive to leftist ideas would be willing to read Blackshirts and Reds

      • The_Jewish_Cuban [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I know this gets brought up a lot but most americans are functionally illiterate when it comes to reading. Maybe share them parenti videos instead? Then maybe you can get through some finer points with them later.

        Also don't be so hard on yourself. :meow-hug:

        • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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          3 years ago

          :meow-hug: thanks comrade, I just dont fancy myself much of a debater. Yeah, I'm well aware of the literacy problem in the US. BS&R was just the first thing that came to mind when thinking of things to break through the shroud of propaganda when it comes to the USSR.