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How would you say you're a communist without saying you're a communist? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Examples that come to mind:

saying your favorite video game is Disco Elysium
saying your favorite TV show is Star Trek DS9

The two rules are that:

It has to be to do with a category that is socially acceptable to talk about with most people in a casual setting. So no politics or philosophy.
Nothing too on the nose, ex, no "I love the music of the Red Army Choir" or something.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I tend to say that "we should look at the material conditions of" and then follow that with whatever is discussed and the material reasons. Or drawing from historical events aka using whataboutism, haha.

Also talking about class every opportunity I get.

And also I just tell people that I am a communist, depends on the place and the people though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

soypoint-1 whataboutism soypoint-2