[Someone] = Stereotypical leftist adjacent person who (semi)frequents the mainstream web. Curious in this whole socialism thing, has very little theoretical knowledge.

Scenario: They've come to you complaining about the quality of their time online worsening and how they're looking for what they say is a "Open-Minded Community" They have already tried places like r/socialism and say: "They're way too snobby and book heavy."

You ask them what they think about socialism and they say: "Well I don't really know, but Zahran seems pretty cool, maybe it's possible to have a good version of it." "I know the Soviet Union failed, but given how tyrannical Stalin was, maybe it's because they had bad leaders."

What would be your approach be?

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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The only friend I've tried to explain hexbear/lemmy to is also the friend who though Linux was a company you could invest in. 15 mins is not nearly long enough

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

hodling until the year of linux on the desktop

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

HODL(hold on for dear linux)