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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

inb4 libs come to smugly tell us we are murderous fascists.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Erm akshutally how is it possible to care for human life without maximizing shareholder profit, in this 10,000,000 page peer reviewed study (sponsored by megacorp™) I will prove that you are wrong and I am good

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[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

erhm i’ll let you know that the soviet onion killed six hundred million bajillion stalinnion people so ☝️🤓

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago

last week, i was queer tankie for interjecting on anti-chinese pink washing propaganda

fortunately, i've learned what to expect from the diet-reddit instance of the lemmyverse and it so bizarre that pink washing works for china, but not isreal when it comes to palestine.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

These propagandized individuals are emotionally manipulated to hate communists and see them as dangerous by capitalist institutions, but they are in no way, shape, or form exposed to the ideas that communists express in an impartial manner.

I'd argue that it is rare that understanding is properly conveyed through labels. People attach their own understanding to labels - and these propagandized individuals are conditioned to believe they understand communists, but in reality they are just trained to dehumanize and hate communists. They don't understand.

So, how does this dynamic shift?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

What seems to work best is being honest, consistent, and up-front about our views. We must never tire of explaining the same basic concepts. When orgs try to distance themselves from socialist countries, or labels like "communist," they come across as dishonest when their views are exposed, backfiring.

When the conditions of capitalism and imperialism decay, more and more of the working classes become less opposed and more open to socialism and communism. Our job is to try to bring these newly radicalized people to proper orgs and proper study. I made an intro Marxist-Leninist reading list for just such a purpose.

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[–] RindoGang@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty much yeah

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