However I find myself being disagreed with quite often, mostly for not advocating or cheering violence, “by any means possible” change, or revolutionary tactics. It would seem that I’m not viewed as authentically holding my view unless I advocate extreme, violent, or radical action to accomplish it.
Those seem like two different things to me.
Edit: TO COMMUNISTS, ANARCHISTS, OR ANYONE ELSE CALLING FOR THE OVERTHROW OF SOCIETY
THIS OBVIOUSLY ISN’T MEANT FOR YOU.
Reading history is how a lot of us became communists in the first place. It’s very likely that you just don’t realize how much you don’t know. You’ve been given quite a few topics across threads in here already, but a few intro level books to check out are The Jakarta Method, Blackshirts and Reds, and Washington Bullets