Capitalists can just be like “dude look at this NPR article socialism is bad”
Meanwhile I have to have an extensive understanding of philosophy, history, science, economics and politics in order to justify my worldview.
Sometimes I forget that people don’t have comprehensive world views, and accidentally say something’s CIA propaganda, then have to go through that whole process of explaining how the CIA having fronts and interfering in global affairs isn’t a conspiracy, it’s just reality, and that finding sources about it isn’t the same as finding sources for an 8th grade book report, because it’s the goddamn CIA! Shits exhausting and sucks balls, I just want to be dumb I know I’m right bitch, get off my dick
You should definitely fight back against the "100 berjillion dead gombunism" since the Black Book is notoriously bad history. I love this post, but I would alter it to say we should never cede ground, not never defend . I think if you concede to a liberal in your argument any notion that the 100 bajillion dead line is true, you have already lost them. They will write off British imperialism as "not real capitalism" and ignore whatever you say from there.
Definitely the same tactic of being aggressive, but you don't want to ever give them an inch or they'll take a mile.