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How would you say you're a communist without saying you're a communist? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by THIRD_WORLDIST@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Examples that come to mind:

saying your favorite video game is Disco Elysium
saying your favorite TV show is Star Trek DS9

The two rules are that:

It has to be to do with a category that is socially acceptable to talk about with most people in a casual setting. So no politics or philosophy.
Nothing too on the nose, ex, no "I love the music of the Red Army Choir" or something.

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[–] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

back when I gave a fuck I put a "I fucking warned you dude, I told you bro" Capital book cover meme in my profile. Got me one good date lol but not exactly subtle

Now I either tell people straight up or I don't, I guess some people might catch on by the way I speak about some topics but I'm pretty reserved in public

as for a real answer: your options are basically memes/subculture stuff as you've mentioned, coy references or talking about the actual work you are doing in organizing or mutual aid without making explicitly "political" statements about it.