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trying not to say blatantly communist things while my white boomer lib boss is talking politics
(hexbear.net)
“We were getting back on track there for a little while,” she said, presumably referring to Biden’s presidency. On track to what????
Edit: she’s pretty nice, I just expect to get fired within five seconds of starting a job these days so
Say blatantly communist things without any of the sleeper cell activation vocabulary like "socialist" or "means of production" or "marxist" and see how long they'll agree with your re-packaged ideas. Maybe not to your bosses but still:
"I think it was cool during the quarantines to see how everybody kept busy and found ways to contribute their work to the people around them even when they weren't getting paid"
"I find it interesting that we don't insensitivize companies to produce things that last longer so, instead, companies that produce things that need to be re-bought annually end up being more successful"
"It's weird that the government gives subsidies to farms to not produce in order to protect market value when the people who are starving don't take part in the market anyways. Couldn't they just pay out subsidies and run nutrition programs instead?"
It's kind of like playing ideological chicken. The economic education in the west is so dismal even the most basic Marxist-derrived analysis is groundbreaking and reasonable. Stuff like that feels amazing to land.
I do this a lot with libs and they think I'm some kind of genius.
No, I'm really not that smart. You've just been trained wrong by capitalism. On purpose. As a joke.
Hell yeah though
I was going to say something about how I hate both democrats and republicans because they’re all genocidal pedophiles but I decided to let it go lol, it’s not worth the risk and I need this job. This woman reminds me of my mom in so many ways, and my mom will politely entertain communist ideas while you speak with her and then the next day act as though the conversation never took place so 🤷♂️
Yeah that's super valid also oof
"I just think everybody should pitch in as much as they can, and that society as a whole has a responsibility to provide for those who can't provide for themselves"