“Well what’s the alternative?”

tell them the alternative

“Well, everyone thinks their political opinion is the correct one, what gives you the right to say yours is correct”

passionately appeal to their human empathy and tell them why socialism is indeed correct

“Wow stop being so aggressive, you’re trying to force your beliefs on me, this is why people don’t like talking about politics”

sooner or later politics will become relevant to your life, capitalism is killing our species, do you not want to maybe do something about that...?

“Well if we’re all doomed anyway what’s the point, might as well just be blissfully ignorant”

Fucking end my life. This is almost verbatim a conversation I just had. This is a person who came from a working family who has worked and rented their whole life. Convo started when I called landlords parasites and tried to explain why, lol. How are we meant to convince a critical mass of these people to leave their false consciousness behind before capitalism fucking kills us all :doomer:

  • Ambitiousplant [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Tbh I’m getting tired of trying to convince “normies” to become communists or at least less fuckin liberal and a tad bit more radical. Pretty much everyone I know / work with knows my politics. Some people are easier than others but not really. Idk, at this point I feel like I just need to join a party and meet people who are already communists, cause I haven’t convinced a single person to be a communist. Be less liberal and more critical of the state of things? Sure. But go all the way and become a communist? Maybe just one person. And my talking points are solid, it’s just hard to get through to people after a life of propaganda I guess.

    I think meeting more communists would help me be more motivated. Just hate the idea of using my day off to travel half hour/ hour to go to a party meeting instead of relaxing. But I guess that’s liberal of me lol. Can’t be tired of trying to convince the masses of our way of thinking and all that..

    • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I feel like I just need to join a party and meet people who are already communists

      Yes, you should. We can only achieve change together, not as atomised individuals.

      https://frso.org/

      https://www.pslweb.org/

      https://www.socialistalternative.org/

      https://classunity.org/

    • BillyMays [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I’m learning it’s about the basics. Organize, Feed/House people, protest. Whenever I do any of those I feel like there’s some purpose to my beliefs.