How would you say you're a communist without saying you're a communist? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by THIRD_WORLDIST@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Examples that come to mind:

saying your favorite video game is Disco Elysium
saying your favorite TV show is Star Trek DS9

The two rules are that:

It has to be to do with a category that is socially acceptable to talk about with most people in a casual setting. So no politics or philosophy.
Nothing too on the nose, ex, no "I love the music of the Red Army Choir" or something.

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[-] HeavenAndEarth@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago

I read about how some CPUSA members hid their politics by calling themselves 'progressives'

[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

'hid'

did they do this before or after requesting their membership canvas and vote for Joe Biden?

[-] HeavenAndEarth@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

I read an excerpt from a memoir by a undercover fed, lol. She was annoyed about how even in CPUSA meetings they were calling things 'progressive' rather than communist. I think this was in the 60s

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