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I think promoting any extreme politics is a fundamentally a bad idea - if she is doing what you say she is doing then I guess I strongly disagree with her methods.
“I’m literally a communist, you idiot.”
That is absolutely 100% allying yourself with the communist ideology and all that entails.
I think that's a bad idea as it normalises an extremely damaging ideology. You wouldn't have anyone on daytime TV proclaiming that they are a Nazi (well I'm sure they could find someone but wouldn't let them on).
Bainbridge
Sumo
People like Ash saying they're a communist is a reaction against the current neo-liberal system and government imposed austerity that has really affected our generation. It's an attempt to push society to a more even stance so people don't get left behind in poverty. I don't understand how anyone can think they want to go full Red October or that it's morally the equivalent of a right wing, nationalist stance.