1. Honestly, it’s a good idea to get drunk with the people you’re trying to convince of the glorious truth of communism
2. Don’t fuck the people you’re trying to convince of the glorious truth of communism (usually… there are exceptions, to be fair I did get radicalized by someone I am shtupping)
3. Don’t talk down to people, in fact ideally be from the same class as the people you’re trying to convince of the glorious truth of communism
4. Make lots of jokes so that they know that communism can be fun, but only if you’re good at jokes.
5. I don’t know why but board game nights really seem to clinch it
6. Be sure to stress that the point is at the end you get more stuff and are also free from tyranny and oppression.
6. Give people books, seriously just give them books to read, books are awesome (I mean leftist theory books)
7. Stop fucking speaking in acronyms, it’s not accessible to newbies and is unwelcoming and shitty. If someone has dyslexia, many texts are available in audiobook format
8. Feed them
10. Talking to them when you have another leftist to back you up works better because of peer modeling I think.
11. Be ready to be patient working on shitty political stances of gender and sexuality and shit, if you’re doing political education you have to actually expect to have to do it
12. Dress neatly, if you look like a scruffy anarcho-punk a lot of people will think you’re a subcultural type, or well actually what I mean is look like the peer group you’re trying to convince. Other sex workers don’t look at me some student radical who has no idea what they actually go through, they see a peer. If you work in a warehouse, look like your coworkers, and so on.
13. Don’t tell working class people that asceticism is how to fix the world, you goddamn asshole