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Fellow American Comrades, how were you able to overcome the liberal propaganda? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being poor does that. When you're bot able to attend school stuff bc they cost money or not having food at school or having to run around in hand me down clothing that doesnt sit properly, cheap shoes, etc. Kids notice. Boy do they notice. And being autistic on top didnt help the slightest.

But it still took nearly four decades to understand the roots of it all. I kinda started out slighty anarchist without knowing the term, very ungovernable. Much later I understood. Met other anarchists, got kinda bad vibes from them but couldn't immediately point it out. Started reading, got the hint immediately. Today I avoid anarchist groups and here we are. :)

It really started when the covid clusterfuck ruined me. Then nothing, then my home country started drifting to the right, then politicians and media started to deviate from the reality on the streets. They kept underreporting stuff, overrepresenting different stuff and I began seeing the patrern everywhere. Again, thank autism I guess. :)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah like having my food tray at lunch as a 9 year old ripped out of my hands and thrown in the trash in front of me because i couldn't pay, and being given a cheese sandwich so that when i walked out with it everyone would know my family can't afford to feed me. Even as a kid you know there is something fundamentally wrong with that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Exactly and that compounds. There is this saying "you can pull someone oyt of the gutter but never the gutter out of them." Today i still get irrationally angry if someone wastes food or behaves wasteful or careless with my stuff. This shit stays.

And 20 yrs later you talk to a colleague and they rip into another colleague for wearing the same pants as yesterday

I would not piss on these people if they were on fire. I know its cruel and unepathetic. I dont care. I simply dont. I know I should, but i dont.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I think a lot of people in the west have just never actually struggled in their entire life. Like you'll ask them about their biggest struggle and they'll mention some shit like a test in school or whatever. Meanwhile there's people in the same country as them who like can't afford to eat everyday. Who sleep in sewer drains. For the ones who have had it easy, and just have the worst takes ever. It's very hard to not think they should actually suffer a bit, and that they'd probably be better people afterward if they did. So i totally get the feeling.