Title basically. He has multiple times sent me anti-communist propaganda, hes leftist but he doesnt know enough about capitalism to hate it, nor marxism to understand it. He just goes with the western mainstream left of hoping things will change by voting, even living in one of the most corrupt western governments. And just like that he hates communism with the typical 8 morbillion dead argument. I think sending him any response about this is gonna make him mad. How do I deal with this situation?
I dont think he is entrenched, I would say he is starting to look for a better capitalism, and right now thinking about northern-europe, he doesn’t research much so it might take time for him to learn. Just reading a bit of theory would do wonders, but I doubt that will happen. Otherwise yeah, I will need years of patience. We live in a country that killed all socialist some decades ago, we are some of the first people with access to leftist thought In our families and the Internet to ease information transfer. The culture generally is so right leaning here that telling the truth of whats happening feels like an attack to many people.
You could always ask him what he thinks communism is/means and whether he says tell him that’s not what you mean. If he’s sharing anti-communism memes, he can’t possibly have an accurate picture of communism. And, sure, communists made mistakes—but nobody is out here trying to relive the USSR exactly as it happened.