I’m so confused by how Reddit is being moderated now. I had someone follow me to various subreddits, responding to every comment I made with a particular anti trans slur, (the one that rhymes with “moon”, not sure if I’m allowed to say it here) and a demand that I join the “41 percent” (which basically means “kill yourself.”) I reported their account, just once, and it was the first time I’d ever reported anyone. A few hours later, I was permanently banned for “abusing the report button”. I tried making another account and was instantly banned. The accounts of other people in my household have also been permanently banned, which is the most confusing part of all of it.
The account that was harassing me is still up as far as I’m aware. So, apparently it’s fine to call people slurs and tell them to die, but they’re not allowed to complain about it.
So, I’m new to this place. I was told it was better.
Here it’s Russia-China-loving Marxist Leninists you gotta watch out for ;-;
Those came from /r/genzedong and similar tankie boards, so they came from there.
Yep, my first account was made on the wrong instance and I was like “wtf is wrong with everyone here? Like I get corporations fuckin’ suck, but communism???”
They’re also HUGE babies and will claim -ism, -phobia, etc. by stretching the littlest thing.
Worshipping russia isnt communism btw. You are mistaken, use the words wisely
I dont blame you for this position, no wonder america/europe has history of red scare propaganda.
Fuuuuuuck Russia and all its sympathizers. I’m not educated enough to speak with authority on communism vs. capitalism, so I digress there.
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It’s not even actual communism either, but more like tankie-ism. Stalin’s USSR and Mao’s China weren’t communist either, but more like dictatorships / autocracies dressed up with ‘communist principles.’ But I digress, maybe.
No you’re right, I oversimplified and falsely associated the dictatorships that ruled under the guise of “Nah this is communism guys ITS FOR YOU”
Okay, gotcha.
I guess my main reason for piping up there is that the more I’ve learned from history, the more I’ve noticed a wider and wider gap between what it’s like living in actual communes (which to me are probably the closest thing to our traditional living system, i.e. “tribes”), and the huge autocracies which declared themselves “communist.”
The other problem is that many in the west (especially the USA) were either disingenuous or completely ignorant about what was really going on over there, and of course The Red Scare became an awful lever and power-play which ruined a lot of peoples lives.
Bah, sorry for all the ranting.
Nah I welcome polite/informative ranting, makes for an interesting time on here.
I think I continue to agree with you.
Personally, I subscribe (to my own personal theory) that we haven’t really biologically “evolved” since when we were living together in small/villages as tribes — effectively communes. We did not evolve to know everything about the entire world and have the problem-solving/logistical skills necessary to feed and help more than maybe 100 people (those that should live in our commune) lol
All that to say I think living on a commune with my fam and buddies would be pretty cool, so long as no tankies are there lol.
Communism is great, on paper. In reality type b personality disorders exist and those people will corrupt any system we come up with.
I almost made my first account on Lemmygrad because I love puns and didn’t know that they were ACTUAL tankies.
Thankfully, I found out in time and made my first one on the also politically sus but in a different way .world 😄
Could have been worse, such as explodingheads, or its less funny named successor.
I made mine on lemmy.ml because my app instructed me to “choose an instance,” so I did. I didn’t know all these instances had cultures or whatever.
I’ve never tried to get an account on
.world, what are their politics like?It’s such a big tent that there really isn’t any prevailing culture. Some people just like to shit on it because it’s the largest instance.
You’re right and you’re not: like the Democratic Party, it’s a big tent encompassing multitudes.
But also like the Democratic Party, the leadership aka mods and admins (as well as the political communities) is thoroughly dominated by Neoliberals with tendencies towards authoritarianism and prizing negative peace over justified tension.
Listen, you either slavishly devote yourself to the market system or you’re trying to run me over with a tank.
There is no middle ground, and anyone who argues otherwise is a violent extremist. 😔
Somehow, this place is still miles ahead of Reddit. The bar is that low.