You engage them as human beings. Agree with them when you agree with them. Challenge them when they get reactionary. Be open about your politics but don’t make your entire relationship with them about politics. This is how you build trust.

Their experience will inform their ideology. And if they trust you as a person, one day they may be curious about communist thought.

Developing consciousness is a long-term battle, not an overnight one.

I’m so tired of working. 3 jobs and I’m still wondering if I can make my rent this month.

Ready to watch major sections of the Western left who have been calling out the media’s dishonest coverage of Gaza once again take the media bait and damn Trump for assisting the end of the Ukraine War.

Not that he’d be pursuing it for anti-imperialist reasons, like Biden pulling troops out of Afghanistan. But a positive development is still a positive development. And the Western liberal left won’t be able to recognize that.

Also seconding shrooms. It can be very effective in treating addictive habits and making you conscious of deeper motives in your behavior you may not be aware of.

Not only that. Companies are now charging people extra for using cards, passing on their processing fees to consumers.