i don't agree at all that crypto-communism is the right approach, people need to learn that it's not a bad word. we disdain to conceal our aims, etc. I don't think lying to people is any basis for a mass movement. young people are more ready for it than you think.

[–] Ambiwar@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

I agree with you in principle, but the semantics surrounding left/right/communism/capitalism have been so profoundly and intentionally corrupted that they communication becomes impossible.

Basically you need to build a coherent ideology before you can tear down preconceptions.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying crypto-communism, I'm saying don't lead with it.

Imagine you're a door salesman and you lead with selling communism instead of saying something you 100% know people already agree with. One gets you in the door while the other gets the door slammed in your face. Meet people where they're at.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

of course we can be strategic with language use when agitating, but i still disagree with your suggestion that anybody "drop left/right language". that strikes me as ceding language definitions to liberal ones which i think is always a mistake. the goal should be to educate people so they can see through the liberal/right wing occlusions of political language and frameworks, not to engage with those as if they are legitimate.