I searched and havent found anyone asking this. what is your personal story of becoming a communist? I will share mine. but im going to try not to reveal any personal info and id suggest anyone else do that too. I want to keep this short but…

I became a leftist in late 2019 early 2020. before this i would say i was a “centrist” or just non political, it just seemed like a way to argue with people. In short, the corona virus was what lead me to being radicalized. since we weren’t allowed to leave our homes, i spent time on obscure apps meeting many people around the globe, most of which were from the third and second world, a surprising many of which were communists. one asked if im a marxist, and so we talked about it. they ended up telling me the basic concepts of surplus value and how businesses must care only about profit, how universities and hospitals are run as businesses in places like america, and how workers are screwed over by the bosses despite doing all the work, and that all of this is what socialism is trying to fix. after some internet research I found the marxist internet archive, and i read lots of short readings, a few books, and watched lots of youtube videos by people such as non compete and Hakim, and now here I am today cursed with knowledge that I am exploited by my boss. sadly i’ve yet to do any real organizing. but I might get there some day.

just to be clear, i’ve left out many details of stuff that helped me become a marxist to keep it short. it was a long process that is still happening too

  • RedFortress@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 years ago

    I was born in Morocco. When I was a teenager I had an atheist phase where I believed that all the problems in this country were because of religion and that secular western countries had a duty and an obligation to bring progress to the rest of the world. It turns out that western countries benefit from the moroccan state and that made me look elsewhere. The neighboring country of Algeria which we are told is a failed state is in fact more developed than us and has a socialist past, this is how I discovered communism. Before that I had no opinion on communism, I had only briefly heard of the Soviet Union during history class when it was time for WW2 but there was nothing to remember.