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Fellow American Comrades, how were you able to overcome the liberal propaganda? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by materialanalysis1938@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I grew up in a conservative American family and was indoctrinated with chauvinistic beliefs from the beginning. It took me years of studying political science and economics just to warm up to leftist ideas, let alone embrace them.

Finally, I decided to read “Dialectical and Historical Materialism” by Stalin off a recommendation from one of my professors and it really changed my entire interpretation of the world. That started me down a path of reading any Marxist literature I could find.

I’m curious about the path that the rest of you took to get here!

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[–] materialanalysis1938@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I can relate to the autism, and political theory is definitely a special interest of mine. Neurodivergency alone was enough to make me feel completely alienated from my family and broader social group.

[–] Awillia91@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 10 hours ago

Same here. Growing up autistic definitely primed me to be able to accept alternative ideas. When I was younger and my mom made me go to church I remember realizing that none of it made any sense and I didn’t believe it. I think my thoughts about Capitalism were pretty similar but just took longer.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

same here with my family; half of them are white-passing that they've all intermarried with maga-white people.

and i know it's the maga thing because my extended family is not white-passing and they accept me and my political views without conditions.