If someone is already open to the idea, sure. The moment you pull out the Big C around casual folks who've discovered capitalism sucks, you risk losing 'em. I've seen it first-hand: people who rail about all the bad shit about capitalism, but the moment someone says Marx, Communism, Socialism, etc, they immediately clam up.
Hit 'em with stuff from the Manifesto, though, or other theory. I forget where it's from exactly, I know it's Marx, but when he talks about the capitalist reducing the proletariat to just work and survival related needs, and how anything more than the bare basics is considered an untenable luxury, is a great place to start. It's basically the "Stop having a Netflix account" articles but in reverse.
If someone is already open to the idea, sure. The moment you pull out the Big C around casual folks who've discovered capitalism sucks, you risk losing 'em. I've seen it first-hand: people who rail about all the bad shit about capitalism, but the moment someone says Marx, Communism, Socialism, etc, they immediately clam up.
Hit 'em with stuff from the Manifesto, though, or other theory. I forget where it's from exactly, I know it's Marx, but when he talks about the capitalist reducing the proletariat to just work and survival related needs, and how anything more than the bare basics is considered an untenable luxury, is a great place to start. It's basically the "Stop having a Netflix account" articles but in reverse.