My Cousin the Commie

Disclaimer: Curiosity is not to be confused with caring.
I often wonder what a select few of my cousins think of my lifestyle and social and ideological moorings. The cousins with whom I have had the most contact throughout my life are all fairly average, materialist, capitalist conformists. They strike me as the type of people who would hold my type of people in utter and complete contempt. Of course, I would by no means be surprised if they were not aware of my uncoventional opinions and behaviour. I'd like to engage them in "hypothetical" discussions of politics, philosophy, and economy. Unfortunately I fear that the conversation would quickly degenerate to the subject of cars.