I have a friend who is by all accounts very socialist but was absolutely horrified when I claimed that the USSR was not “bad” and that many of the deaths it is blamed for have a much more complicated reason. They also called me a tankie, much to my despair as it really displayed to me how many brainworms they have. They also were fairly close to calling me a genocide denier 💀
This person is a freshman in college and I’d like to try and help them unlearn these ideas. They are queer and Canadian,and they also thought Vaush was great if that’s helpful at all. Does anyone have any accessible resources to help them unlearn what they’ve been taught about the USSR?
Step back, and start by explaining them they like to listen to a transphobic creep who harassed an autistic woman among lots of other creep stuff.
Then you can show them some Parenti or whatever content NOT from grifttube.
There's no need for them to ASAP think the USSR was "good" (ie not cartoonishly evil); the real goal is that they reject their default big mixture of liberalism/chauvinism/anglo-exceptionalism/anti-comunism.
If they manage to do so and they look at the USSR and say "shit, we were so close, if only amerikkka had imploded 50 years earlier", you won.
Be patient, be cordial, stand your ground but don't resort to irony and/or "big spoon" memes.
Understood! I just want them to rethink their liberal tendencies. I’ll definitely be bringing out some Parenti, since he seems easily digestible.
Not sure if they like Vaush now but it was something they said a few years ago and considering their tendencies I wouldn’t be surprised if they ate all his excuses about being autistic since they themselves are on the spectrum :/
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