• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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      I applied a while back to no response. Although the nearest chapter is 2 hours away to be fair. They do great work though from what I hear.

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        If it was during COVID, I have been informed by current members that they had a bunch of issues and have since rectified the application process. If you are still interested, I have been told the best thing is to re-apply, if you don’t get a response this time then it’s safe to drop it.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      Those are powerful words historically misused in America. Isn’t that a risky name to go with?

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        Not at all. By wiping away the piles of slander and lies proudly, Socialists can better connect with historical socialists and communists.

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          Um, sorry, given how much terms have been perverted here, you might as well call them the Party For Pedophilia and Terrorism as far as trying to sell this to average Americans.

          I mean, people still cannot even understand inflation. Imagine more than a century of propaganda and trying to overcome that.

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            You envision the average American as an amalgamation of the various strains of thought in America averaged into one, but that’s not the case. People vary wildly in reception to Socialism, and being forthright and honest is important. They have been steadily growing, more rapidly than ever.

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            I mean I think it could change faster than you’d think.

            It used to be nearly impossible to be openly gay and live a normal life. In a relatively short time that has radically changed.

            Cultural norms and taboos are not as permanent as they seem in the moment.

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          No, the historical socialists are dead and buried. You need to engage with the workers where they’re at, and where they’re at is “brainwashed by tears of anti communist propaganda to the point of pavlovian triggers”. Imo the least you can do is not use those specific words front and center.

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            And I am telling you that this is becoming more and more a distant past. No, your average worker isn’t going to like the sound of communism, but over time approval for it has shifted dramatically.