She's an old hippie who seems ready to think about new ideas. How do I nudge her? What's the online media pipeline? I can't talk to her irl much bc she's immunocompromised and can't leave her house.
She's an old hippie who seems ready to think about new ideas. How do I nudge her? What's the online media pipeline? I can't talk to her irl much bc she's immunocompromised and can't leave her house.
I am gonna go against the grain of people saying “watch this YouTuber.” At least as a primary tactic.
My advice is tell her you’re a socialist and why. Tell her about class struggle, and that you’re skeptical of the Democratic Party and outlets like TYT, tell her why you see them as well meaning but misguided and often counter intuitive to the goals of the working class. Don’t lecture her, ease into it. Join an organization or book club and invite her. Act like a comrade and bring her into the fold. And be patient, convincing a liberal to become a socialist doesn’t happen in a day usually.
Hell yeah, lefty comrades were the first breaking point for me. Like "damn I can't believe this cool smart nice person is a communist, I wonder how that happened" and I'd just start asking and listening.
Realizing this recently has also stopped me from constantly being such a lefty preacher in my social life, because nobody wants to hang out with someone like that. Just be upfront about your beliefs and insecurities when people are actually curious. That said I think recommending people on youtube who make good arguments can be a good idea, as long as it's not being forced down their throats.