Years back when I was in maybe eighth grade, my school did an event that was meant to make us more politically engaged by inviting some local politicians to speak to us. They got three elected politicians, from the agrarian, liberal, and social democratic parties (the three biggest parties at the time). They also invited, for some inexplicable reason, this probably sixty-year-old man from the communist party (practically no seats even at the local level).

The communist then proceeds to absolutely dominate the discussion, running circles around the rest of them. The three young politicians had no idea how to interact with children, and the commie basically clowned on all their answers to the kids' questions. I remember some of the teachers weren't too pleased.

Anyway, I hope he's still out there agitating and educating.

  • JuneFall [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    those (often oddball) comrades were an essential link in the chain of historical materialism

    Yeah, same happened here.