• Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    We in the US are just sticklers for terms and are unable to recognize the repackaging if given a new name

    You can use that to your advantage though, just describe communism but call it “freedomism” and watch all the libs agree how great an idea it sounds.

      • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        The problem is it is a bait and switch, and people don’t like to be tricked, and will just return to their programming once they’ve found it out. I’ve had a lot of success informally discussing socialist concepts with people, never hiding it, just not outright stating it is “communist” and that works pretty well, not doing it as a “gotcha” but as regular navel gazing can help people slowly but surely become more class conscious. The main thing is that they have to do the legwork themselves.