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I hate to be rude to these people, but you start talking about Actually Existing Socialist Countries and all of sudden you feel like you're talking to a libertarian who hates prisons. And I'm like have you read any of these... and its like nah.

That's why I often don't really suggest Naomi Klein and Bullshit Jobs because they are great points of entryism, but they just give permission for westerners to still have no historical understanding of the world around them. Spouting off about Totalitarianism.

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[-] red_stapler@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

I had a friend like this and introducing them to the right podcast based on their music tastes was the nudge that they needed.

[-] Antiwork@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I like this strategy. I too often suggest podcasts, but how do you align their musical tastes to a political podcast?

[-] red_stapler@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

It's more about finding something to connect their current interest with something more radical.

[-] SamotsvetyVIA@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

podcast based on their music tastes

how does that work..

[-] red_stapler@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

They got into some anti-thatcher-action sort of music so I steered them towards more radical takes on colonialism.

[-] SamotsvetyVIA@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

ohh, that makes sense. I took it more literally..

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