it's not quite so bad as all that, so don't stress yourself on my account. my friend is a demsoc, and is just scared of reading Lenin and Mao right now. that's understandable, my perception of the world got blown the fuck open by both of them. I'm a communist and I'm not going to stop being a communist.

the ultimate move is not to sacrifice the theory for the friendship, nor the friendship for the theory, but progress along it in the way that friendships do offering points that support what I see to be truth along the process. I'm not gonna change anyone's mind about this ; I'm just some guy. the events that are coming will be the ones to change their mind. all I can do is be there when it happens.