I'm meeting a very cute guy tomorrow who so far seems like a liberal and anti-trump but generally not very concerned with politics. Should I try to hint at my anti-capitalist worldview over time and try to slowly shift his views? Should I try to immediately talk about it very openly and see how he reacts to it? Or will that scare him off? But does it matter if he gets scared off? Should I only be looking for people who already share my views? Or would that be narrowing my options too much? Basically, how much should I rant about capitalism on this date tomorrow?
I married my wife back when I was a lib. I’ve since become a communist while she (a South Korean) is a Bernard supporter whose long life of anti-communist brainwashing sometimes results in pretty bad takes (her dad is also an abusive small business owner and landlord who is himself a victim of intense childhood poverty).
Just the other day though she said the George Floyd protests would have gotten a lot further if there had been professionals to lead them. I told her that she had just summarized Marxism-Leninism in one sentence, and she was like, oh, whatever. She also recently told me that housing is a human right. We moved back to America a few years ago (still back when I was a lib) and she really hates so much of what this country is. She’s an RN and says her patients are so much more psychologically fucked up than back in SK. The anxiety here is completely out of control, and South Koreans themselves are not exactly known for being the calmest people on Earth.
Point being: all good people will become socialists sooner or later, so long as someone is there to help guide them to that point. This guy you describe sounds receptive to me.