chapotraphouse

Conspiracy Libertarians and such are surprisingly close to Marxists. My Dad was an Alex Jones type "libtertarian" and it created a lot of cognitive dissonance within me. On one hand, these libertarian conspiracy types are the only people in the mainstream talking about the true issues. Calling out the US as a disgusting imperial power, the poor treatment of minorities, ect. A great example of this is David Dees (CW: General absurd bigotry). He was bigoted af, but was still showing up to some of the most hardcore BLM protests where people were getting arrested and burning shit.

They may have abhorrent conclusions to the world they perceive, but buy and large they actually do percieve the same world as us. Being a communist was a far easier jump for me as a child than being a normal lib ever was.