I’ve spent years arguing with people online and really have nothing to show for it aside from my own education and amusement. I was radicalized by discovering r/chapotraphouse back in 2018 I think. Nobody argued with me there, I just lurked, loved the memes, thought it was the funniest place online, then started reading theory because so many people there talked about it. Even though liberals are obviously ignorant about communism, their ignorance is willful: they never thank us for educating them, they always get angry and double-down. (In real life, it’s much easier to embarrass them and get them to shut up.) Still, I admit that it’s possible to change someone’s mind in an online debate, I just haven’t seen it happen when it comes to communism (libs on r/changemyview can change their minds about lib shit). Have you ever seen a lib admit that they were wrong about communism?
The only success I’ve ever had is showing pictures of the Soviet Union or China where people are walking around doing normal stuff. The average internet anti-comminist thinks those places have permanently grey skies, the only jobs are at the dirt factory, and there are soldiers everywhere with big beating sticks. It’s rare I meet anyone with coherent anti-comminist ideology and they tend to be landlords or run a shitty small business.