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?
There’s no surprise here when it comes to how you describe yourself lol. I think when people get to know me I’m pretty likeable, I also feel like a cartoon character, and people have told me straight up that they admire my ability to speak up for my coworkers and speak on things that others get nervous to when it comes to standing up to management. I’m big on fairness as well, probably to a fault. I am autistic, mentally ill, and not a cisdude so those are pretty big strikes against me, however, in terms of capturing a lot of peoples hearts and minds.
In terms of speaking to people when it comes to politics I’m pretty straightforward but I find that it’s hard for me to pull myself out of refuting the whataboutisms and redirecting the conversation. Like instead of arguing about civility it would be much more productive to ask questions, I think, and things like "why is the embassy shooting your main area of focus? Why do you think that “our side” has to be perfect where they dont? " or trying to get people to think about idealism vs materialism. I just can never access that part of my strategic debate brain