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Communists in america should probably drop left/right language and adjust. Oppose both of them, say you're not part of either, you reject it, you're the working class and the other side are the UnitedHealthcare CEOs of this world.
I guarantee this will open up a lot of people with this approach who have been primed and trained to reject even hearing the left or the woke all this time.
Lead with class war. Once the foot is in the door they'll learn more about the real left later anyway, the important thing is getting the foot in the door to begin with.
i don't agree at all that crypto-communism is the right approach, people need to learn that it's not a bad word. we disdain to conceal our aims, etc. I don't think lying to people is any basis for a mass movement. young people are more ready for it than you think.
I agree with you in principle, but the semantics surrounding left/right/communism/capitalism have been so profoundly and intentionally corrupted that they communication becomes impossible.
Basically you need to build a coherent ideology before you can tear down preconceptions.