Yeah she was a ML poli sci professor and I interviewed her for an assignment in a different class. I was a Bernie Bro at the time (lol). But I was already disillusioned by him because he kept referring to Joe Biden as “his friend”
She had a pictures of Lenin hung up all over her office. She recommended Stalin to me and I was a changed man after that
Das Kapital is such a dense text. I too haven’t been able to get through it. I remember being told as a child that Muslims hated me and wanted me dead and then I found out a good friend of mine in middle school was a Muslim which was one of my earliest awakenings.
Personally, I’ve been devouring Stalin’s books. Something about his writing style clicks so nicely for me. I will check out that book my Malcolm Harris! I’m fascinated by the history of labor organizing in the US that has been scrubbed from our history lessons.
I can relate to the autism, and political theory is definitely a special interest of mine. Neurodivergency alone was enough to make me feel completely alienated from my family and broader social group.
Fellow American Comrades, how were you able to overcome the liberal propaganda?
I grew up in a conservative American family and was indoctrinated with chauvinistic beliefs from the beginning. It took me years of studying political science and economics just to warm up to leftist ideas, let alone embrace them.
Finally, I decided to read “Dialectical and Historical Materialism” by Stalin off a recommendation from one of my professors and it really changed my entire interpretation of the world. That started me down a path of reading any Marxist literature I could find.
I’m curious about the path that the rest of you took to get here!
My boss is also a socdem. Says all the right things until you try and unionize/organize. One of the fakest people I’ve ever met