When things ramp up, socialists may need to flee (or get jailed/killed).
It's happened many times before. Also, the fash don't understand our divisions so they'll go after everyone vaguely left. Example: Indonesian DemSocs thought they'd be spared under Suharto since they persued 100% legal and "friendly" means. They were very wrong.
Spend time with comrades, get organized, agitate, snd have an exit plan.
It took West Germany 2 decades to catch up with East Germany re: LGBTQ rights. Tge USSR was the primary opponent of the Nazis, do you know what they did to anyone falling outside of the sexual or gender norms? Germany was a bastion for queer people before the Nazis took over - Nazis quietly supported by Western powers under the hope that they would kill the Soviets (spoiler alert: they tried to kill every Slav). During the cold war in capitalist countries, homosexuality was generally illegal, often criminal, and was used to blackmail people, and notably used against high profile civil rights activists.
Does that make the oppression that did exist in some socialist countries okay? Of course not. But they did much better than the capitalists, so it's ridiculous to choose that as your primary criticism. Socialism isn't a utopia and no socialists ever claim it is. It is a struggle, and the earlier it starts the better we can progress.
Cubs is currently running circles sround capitalist countries with its new family code. Were you aware of this?
Reddit tends to ban commies. It's like a mini red scare: with the left removed, the right thrives.
Uncritical support for liberals deleting theit accounts at the first quiver of cognitive dissonance.
In communist Beehaw, the unelected strong men admins censor political content, keeping their people from knowing what true freedom looks like. I once talked to a Beehaw user and they told me that the people in Beehaw don't even know how to read news articles, they just believe whatever is written in the title of a post from their ruler-sanctioned media sources. The people of Beehaw yearn for freedom, if only we could break through their authoritarian governance and brainwashing.
Be ready to board a plane and get out early enough.
The first is about having money. Easier said than done, of course. If you want to be particularly secure, you'd consider having enough gold for it, as it's an inflation hedge and I would not be surprised if hyperinflation coincided with these things. Yes I know that buying gold sounds silly lol.
The second is about deciding when to fight and when to run. Not easy and a personal decision, but people who stay too long if we lose will be in a bad situation.