How dangerous is it to be a communist in the US? Should I be very hush hush about it? I won’t ever be open about it but I’m just wondering how secretive I should be. Most of my close friends and certain family members know that I am a “Socialist”. I am pretty young and still need to start my life and I don’t want to ruin my chances of anything.
Some precautions I’ve taken are installing a vpn and only going doing commie stuff with vpn on. I’ve separated personal and political social media accounts and never post political stuff on my personal ones. Should I be doing any other things?
Thank you in advance
Imo, and this is very different for different people in a variety of places, but I’m an American (midwest area) and I understand people not being comfortable being out and open about it, but I wear communist clothing sometimes and I just make an extra effort to be a kind and helpful person while wearing it, even if its small stuff, because I figure that the Hammer and Sickle may spook a few people and that symbol of unity should never scare anyone(that isn’t bourgeoisie scum). Not everyone in my family knows the extent to which I am a communist, but I certainly don’t hide it. If they go into my room to turn off the light or something or close a window, they see a collection of Marx, Lenin Stalin and Mao. When family and friends ask political questions, I let them hear my honest opinion(besides like 2-3 issues that make me sound without context like a madman)
thank you for your reply I’ll have to consider being more open about it.