I once had a heart-to-heart with my sister, who is a kind, intelligent and perceptive person, who set me on the path that led me to communism, but is now a comfortable suburban lib, and I tried to explain this to her- the gravity of climate change. She looked at me and just said “I have two kids. I need to believe that things will get better.” There was such a pleading, desperate look in her eye that I just had to drop it. If I’m right, she’s going to have to face it someday anyway, and if I’m wrong - well, then the future is better than I can imagine right now.
Same with my parents, who are at their best well-meaning libs. There’s just no point in trying to get them to understand what’s happening. They’ll be long gone by the time everything truly breaks down. I don’t really feel like I have the right to force the realization that the world they’ve inhabited all of their life won’t really be there for their grand-kids.
Isn’t that r/asksocialists or something? I dunno, the only non-hobby or DIY sub I fuck with is r/TrueAnon