how nice for you and "the cause." you can stop replying to me now.

yep.

well, you didn't here.

they would be able to engage me, the human in front of them, without all the baggage of the movement establishing preconceptions.

ok buddy. good luck with that.

cool bro. you do you. you're just not the guy i'm looking for, i guess. maybe the next one.

no, i'm not implying that. it would also be fine if you did. depends on the day and topic.

"To be truly critical in an honest manner (which Marxists are, all the time, among ourselves)"

lol XD it's saying shit like this that tells me you're not connected to reality.

even so, i hear what you're saying. my feedback, as an outsider, is you're overcompensating. imo, it would go a long way to start with presenting a fair view of a couple pros and cons, acknowledging the concern of your interlocutor. what i see instead, almost universally, is kneejerk defense of AES and leaders, and just telling non-Leftists that they're wrong, stupid, propagandized.

i get, but it's not a NECESSARY component of communism. the DPRK is shit for a lot of reasons, mostly due to the consolidation of power in the hands single insane family. trying to rehabilitate their image or reclaim them is fucking insane. XD and just not helpful to the cause, imo. i certainly makes me care less about everything you're trying to say, and i'm really giving you the benefit of the doubt here.

you need to know who you are talking to. you're already assuming a position of hostility and conflict at base.

mate, i know ppl who literally risked their lives to flee from the USSR. your talking points are just academic. the reality is otherwise. trying to paint legitimate observation of tyranny in AES as some kind of capitalist conspiracy only makes you look more insane offputting.

i'm literally TRYING to reach you, and all Leftists can do is bend over backward to defend tyrants.

i read your Marketing Socialism post. It just seems beside the point and is looking for a way to justify itself when all you have to do is admit that tyranny and gulags bad. It's not a big ask. The fact that it is TAKEN to be a big ask, is a massive, if you will, red flag. XD