One of the most common questions we get is whether or not we should “hide our power level” when it comes to our political positions. In this video, we look at the words and practice of Karl Marx, Fred Hampton, Vladimir Lenin, Fidel Castro, and Harvey Milk to tackle the question: should we hide our true positions as we build our movement?
I’m always just open with the fact.
Any conversation I’ve had, people have walked away with a softer view of communism because they talked to an actual human who believes it.
If you don’t outright say it, then their only engagement with communism is going to be strawmen and propaganda.
Remember, libs are like dogs who only understand tone. Stay cool and matter-of-fact. If you lose your cool, even if justified, then you’re “one of the crazies.” When I talk about trans issues with my family, I have to grit my teeth while they casually say the dumbest, most harmful, humiliating things. But it works . They’ll outright say, “wow, you’re not at all like those insane people I see on the news or in my slop videos.”
In my opinion, it’s not helpful to try to hide what you actually believe behind phrases like “democracy in the workplace.” Democracy in the workplace is part of a broader political project that needs to be clearly explained. If it is not contextualized that way, then it just becomes another item on the internally contradictory American political ideology buffet.
Excellent way of framing it. Americans have no coherent political ideology, so the goal should be to introduce one to them.
Every country under the imperial core is like this, imo