chaosgirl93 t1_j2ccj7r wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:51 AM

Reply to comment by Spirited_Island-75 in A man goes before Saint Peter... by SchwarzeHaufen

Well, hasn't been too long since the Cold War and a lot of the Anglosphere still mindlessly hates socialism because of the Red Scare.

Especially pointing out that capitalists do the same things to socialists that fascists do to their scapegoats. People really get upset when you compare capitalism to fascism, or imply that fascism is capitalism in decay.

Spirited_Island-75 t1_j2cco2e wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:53 AM

Yeah, it makes their profit-loving brains melt. Oh well.

chaosgirl93 t1_j2ccsbk wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:54 AM

It sure does.

Although it can be fun in person. Watching the gears in a capitalist's brain slowly grind to a halt, is hilarious.

Spirited_Island-75 t1_j2cd5ay wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:57 AM

It really is sometimes! Mostly I just want good working-class people to understand how deeply they're being screwed, though. I hope to get the gears to turn the other way.

chaosgirl93 t1_j2cdpu1 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:02 AM

Indeed. Confusing them can be fun but it's not useful, much better is to explain socialist ideas without the big scary words from the Cold War and get them to see how they're being screwed. Most of the time you're not dealing with an actual capitalist or a rank-and-file fascist, you're dealing with a good, decent working-class person who is brainwashed and getting screwed over, and it does no good to confuse them or try to debate circles around them when you might be able to get them to see through the programming if you avoid the words they've been programmed to hate.