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Broletariat
26th August 2011, 01:48
One two hour conversation later, and I have a new comrade.

Damn I'm good
Johnny Kerosene
26th August 2011, 02:00
Bravo
Susurrus
26th August 2011, 02:17
That's funny, one of my friends whose a rank and file republican agrees with more of my views than my liberal ones.
Dzerzhinsky's Ghost
26th August 2011, 02:51
Swag.
Rafiq
26th August 2011, 04:31
What is this, a religion?

Anyway, though, what you did is still impressive... Nice work
Broletariat
26th August 2011, 04:40
What is this, a religion?

Anyway, though, what you did is still impressive... Nice work

I grew up in the Bible Belt, I lifted some shit from the evangelicals.
ZeroNowhere
26th August 2011, 08:14
I assume that they became your wife, too.
A Revolutionary Tool
26th August 2011, 08:37
How do you get somebody to believe the Constitution needs to GTFO?
Dzerzhinsky's Ghost
26th August 2011, 16:28
How do you get somebody to believe the Constitution needs to GTFO?


Swag.

That's how.
Pioneers_Violin
26th August 2011, 23:43
Congratulations, nice work.

I think they get the "Constitutionalist" thing from talk radio.
There's a prominent TR host that's very big on running the country strictly by the rules of 200+ years ago.

I've been working on one of these people too, though it might be closer to a couple of years with this one. Care to help? ;)
Broletariat
27th August 2011, 04:52
The two hours of conversation was spent essentially summarising the first 14 Chapters of Das Kapital, luckily my guy was curious enough to hear me out and seriously think about it.
RHIZOMES
27th August 2011, 10:59
That's funny, one of my friends whose a rank and file republican agrees with more of my views than my liberal ones.

I find American conservatives really odd in the sense that they're better at tapping into class anger than most American liberals are, even if for entirely wrong ends.
The Stalinator
28th August 2011, 02:08
I converted a friend too. Basically made her take the Political Compass test and she was like "shit, was I really a socialist all along?"

A few weeks later and she's well into her own copy of the Manifesto. What a comrade.
ExUnoDisceOmnes
28th August 2011, 02:10
I've converted 3 of my friends and 4 random people. Top that.
Broletariat
28th August 2011, 04:36
I've converted 3 of my friends and 4 random people. Top that.

Dude, if I tally all the people I've converted it comes to roughly 20
The Man
2nd September 2011, 05:42
lol... converted...
jake williams
2nd September 2011, 06:16
I find American conservatives really odd in the sense that they're better at tapping into class anger than most American liberals are, even if for entirely wrong ends.
This is basically true everywhere. Right wing populism is a bit newer in Europe than it is in the US, but other than that.
Os Cangaceiros
2nd September 2011, 06:23
The two hours of conversation was spent essentially summarising the first 14 Chapters of Das Kapital, luckily my guy was curious enough to hear me out and seriously think about it.

wow I'm a fellow traveller and I would have never in a million years listened to that
ColonelCossack
2nd September 2011, 13:45
yeah I made my friend from a tory into a (self-described) socialist who wants the workers to control the means of production... but it took me 3 years... and i think he only says it to placate me because he's scared of me. :p
NoOneIsIllegal
2nd September 2011, 16:39
Dude, if I tally all the people I've converted it comes to roughly 20
By American leftist standards, you have yourself a new party. :lol: