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?
Sorry if you were specting something more complex, its basically propagandist takes. I have more friends that I try to speak with that do more research, so I have to take diferent aproaches. This one friend doesnt have any class consciousnesses. He is surronded by neolib and fascist culture, its hard for him to see thought that. I have more trouble with this idiotic takes, I rather discuss with someone with a bit of research.
I wasn’t expecting more complexity. Just less desire for murder!
If OP is from the US, it’s not surprising. There are many people who seem reasonable on the outside but who have a gut reaction of “FUCK COMMIES” or “KILL ALL THE COMMIES” that bubble up from seemingly nowhere. 10/10 know nothing about communism besides US anti-communist propaganda.
I’m sure you can guess how they react when Fascism is mentioned.
Yeah, It was in meme format, so it wasn’t really as impactful.