I met some long time friends for pizza and beer tonight and i thought it was a fun night but right before we parted ways the two of them held an intervention with me. They said i was bringing up "socialist stuff" too much and it was making them depressed. They said to keep the conversation exclusively to things like games and anime. That if i didnt stop they didnt want to be friends anymore. Have you guys/gals/nonbinary pals experienced something like this before?
No, but I also don't talk about socialist stuff that much because most people are politically impotent that it becomes emotionally draining after a while.
30/40+ year olds who were political activists in the past are less so during thier later stages in life; it's emotionally, physically, and psychically exhausting to be political activists or invested in it, thus people tune out or tone down their interest in it.
Your friends expressed annoyance is "what do you expect us to do about it?". They're just not that motivated for politics, and most people arent exactly ready for i.
You need not suppress your passion for politics, just be mindful of your audience if you don't want to alienate your friends.