44 points

It’s especially important to do so since turning political orgs into dating sites is the best way to fuck everything up. I would advise to actually never hit on people within an org especially if you’re male because sexism is already a big enough problem you don’t want to participate in making activism even more unbearable for women.

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Definitely. I’m reminded of when Hakim (I think) was talking about Fidel Castro’s body count, and he stopped himself to be like “to be clear, you shouldn’t use communism as a dating strategy or try to hook up with a bunch of people in an org.”

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43 points

I only date Posadists. They really dig my sex bunker covered in Soviet propaganda posters.

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27 points

Homie that bunker sounds tight AF.

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24 points

It also has an overhead paging system set to play Bella Ciao on repeat, to set the mood.

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16 points

That sounds more like what a Hoxhist would be in to. A posadist would like dates to the beach, aquarium, or spooky field.

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14 points

That sounds revisionist!!

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Yes because I think I can radicalize any baby communist I’m dating.

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35 points

“I can fix radicalize them.”

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Not going to lie, that phrasing is a little yikes. A relationship shouldn’t be a radicalization project.

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Honestly, I’m about out of faith enough in westerners that I genuinely think that might be the only way any of them come to the light, is if those of y’all who can still tolerate linking up with them long-term like that actually tried pulling them over. I absolutely expect them to die fash-adjacent at the very least otherwise, 'cause they’ll never come to the water themselves.

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My partner was already a communist so I didn’t have to do much besides giving them Blackshirts and Reds lmao so it’s not that they’re my pet project that I’m singlehandedly “fixing/radicalizing” them so much as nudging them in the right direction.

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Yeah, I’m sure it was normal and natural IRL

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7 points

I disagree, every relationship is a radicalization project./hj Don’t be mean or obsessive, but we need as many comrades as we can get.

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Maybe, but the way to do it isn’t through takes like this IMHO. I can only imagine liberals seeing comrades trying to do that the same as a far-right chud trying to evangelize about QAnon

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32 points

yea because otherwise i would be alone

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This is the only answer in the thread that’s based in actual reality.

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11 points

Better alone than having to compromise who I am and could develop into if not for settlers trying to keep me mired in unearned exceptionalism, I figure.

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4 points

Maybe realistic, but I’d argue that this thinking might lead to an unhappy relationship. If the only reason for dating someone is loneliness with disregard to how good they compliment you or generally their personality, then I would advocate for overthinking ones relationship.

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When i first started dating my wife, she wasn’t really into politics. It turns out it was because her entire family has been involved with communists since the 1900s and my politics is normal in her family.

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What a twist!? Was she a staunchly communist too?!

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She is, but she very much is not a particularly focused one. Her education is in animals and environmental sciences, not political theory. It was very funny, though, because i remember having a conversation with her where i remember complaining about something (not exactly sure what, this was years ago), and she mentioned i sounded like her grandparents. I didn’t know what she meant, and then she showed some pictures from her family album. There must’ve been a hammer and sickle every three pictures.

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