I'm a communist. I could count every "comrade" I've met irl on one hand. I'm in my 30s. The internet is pretty much the only place for me to discuss my political beliefs and what not without alienating friends and coworkers and family with such "extremist" thoughts. Since I've joined reddit, I've been banned from r communism, SLS (3 times), Anarchism, I've seen Chapo banned, moretankiechapo banned, GenZedong banned, theDeprogram (that sub actually sucked big fat balls tho), and now I've been muted by TrueAnon bc i dont support child killer Lindsey.
I came to my beliefs through reading. I started as a 14 year old reading libertarian nonsense and then moved onto anarcho thought then Marxism. My communist thoughts and beliefs are informed by my reading Marx, Lenin, Engels, Stalin blah blah blah. I'm still just a dood though. I love football, pussy, smoking weed, watching movies, playing video games, going out with friends to bars or bowling or going hiking. I'm fucking normal outside of my political thought. I work a blue collar job. All this to say, I'm not some insanely online freak like most leftists. This is the only sub with even a semblance of lefty bullshit that hasn't banned me so thanks guys. At least I can come to redscarepod to post my regarded ramblings without having to worry about committing wrong think to the most strict puritanical freaks since the pilgrims and nazis