• rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    Socialism is the people. If you are afraid of socialism, you’re afraid of yourself.

    • Fred Hampton
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      The same folks I know who wouldn’t even consider a conversation about socialism are not going to be swayed when I quote any black man to them, much less a panther.

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        Totally fair. The trick is to meet them where they’re at, and then work from there. The folks you’re thinking about will take a lot of effort, but if union organizers can do it then so can you

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      Rest in Power Fred Hampton, a brave Marxist-Leninist that tried to do what was right and got murdered by the US police for it.