Share here how did you approach or was approached to studying Marxism-Leninism. I’ll start.
I was initially drawn into understanding communism because of the fascist wave in Brazil, especially after the 2018 elections that got Bolsonaro into power. The liberals and fascists (frequently synonyms) were openly anticommunist, and their bizarre behavior and disregard for the poor was enough for me to realize they were enemies of the people.
So I began researching about communism to understand why they were so “afraid” of it, and downloaded some works of Marx to start reading, but I couldn’t read it by myself because I was never an avid reader and didn’t know where to start, because most of his works are dense. Until I found the subreddit r/communism, which at the time had a growing community around Marxism-Leninism, which through threads and comments got me started on it.
So, I started out as a liberal (mostly because I didn’t know anything to the left of that), then I became a SocDem, because I thought cappietalism still had merit, but I was all about free healthcare and such, then I became a market socialist, because I thought that a free market was the way to have the most freedom, but then I got introduced to DPEs (Decentrally planned economies), and I drifted around, identifying as an AnCom, but now, I’m a Democratic Marxist.
Anyways, on to the question!
First Spooky Scary Socialist, he showed me that communists don’t want to take away your stuff, Also Thought Slime, because his leftist videos resonated with my beliefs. Also Viki 1999, because he legitimized Marxism for me.
TL;DR: Spooky Scary Socialist, Thought Slime, Viki 1999