Imo: You have to not run away from the terms whenever possible, if not even communists will say they support communism it lends credence to the idea that communism is inherently dirty and not to be associated with.
If you talk to 100 people and half agree with the principles but all leave still hating communism blindly, thats much less effective than if half agree with the principles but deny it thanks to cognitive dissonance and 1 person realizes communism might not be so bad.
Then perhaps when 2/100 of those people are communists instead of 1/100, maybe a 3rd would be willing to listen, so on.
Obviously I’m not saying to lead with a eulogy on Stalin or anything, but it should be a balance between drawing them in and not treating communism like a bad thing.
Double down and fix public perception/rectify the definition
Switch to a different term
Avoid terms all together, focus on ideas and values
Demolish any positive opinions of capitalism
Maybe there is more options, but to me #2 is probably a losing strategy, as conservatives/fascists will continue to dirty whatever new label is made, just as they’ve done with everything else. It’ll just get us back to square 1.
A mix of #1 and #3 is probably the move. Get everybody on board with the ideas and values, while making slow progress in the background on #1.
#4 is another one that can and should always be worked on
how do we even undo that stigma?
almost everyone i talk to who hates marxism doesnt even know what it is.
I hate marxism, but that’s because I’m a Mutualist and agree with Proudhon’s criticisms of Marx.
He materialist approach of Marxism misses far too much of what motivates humans to be viable.
Imo: You have to not run away from the terms whenever possible, if not even communists will say they support communism it lends credence to the idea that communism is inherently dirty and not to be associated with.
If you talk to 100 people and half agree with the principles but all leave still hating communism blindly, thats much less effective than if half agree with the principles but deny it thanks to cognitive dissonance and 1 person realizes communism might not be so bad.
Then perhaps when 2/100 of those people are communists instead of 1/100, maybe a 3rd would be willing to listen, so on.
1 commie, teach 2 commies, teach 3 commies, teach 4 commies, teach more commies.
Obviously I’m not saying to lead with a eulogy on Stalin or anything, but it should be a balance between drawing them in and not treating communism like a bad thing.
We got:
Double down and fix public perception/rectify the definition
Switch to a different term
Avoid terms all together, focus on ideas and values
Demolish any positive opinions of capitalism
Maybe there is more options, but to me #2 is probably a losing strategy, as conservatives/fascists will continue to dirty whatever new label is made, just as they’ve done with everything else. It’ll just get us back to square 1.
A mix of #1 and #3 is probably the move. Get everybody on board with the ideas and values, while making slow progress in the background on #1.
#4 is another one that can and should always be worked on