So, I have been chatting with my neighbor for a while now. He's a socialist, but he doesn't know it.
For the longest, he was hardcore red. Trying to shake things up and make a change. The whole time, he was agreeing with what I said: better wages for working folk, medicine for everybody, the whole shebang.
I would avoid buzzwords while chatting with him, like socialism or anything else that would set off the propaganda machine that he was used to.
Tonight, while explaining the struggle, I found straightforward language that could appeal to what seems like anybody: Workers VS Suits.
Once I put it like that, all the puzzle pieces fell into place. Old guard and philosophers know bourgeoisie vs the proletariat. He knew the struggle we've all dealt with.
Maybe it's time to update the language and make it accessible: Workers VS Suits. What do you think?