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@ Cowbee @lemmy.ml

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Actually, this town has more than enough room for the two of us

He/him or they/them, doesn't matter too much

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  • Exploding Heads is a literal Nazi instance, defederated by pretty much everyone.

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  • 1, never hid that. You need to touch grass, you've made tons of alt accounts after each gets banned.

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  • Hexbear has been problematic from the start. I would love to find some sources, but that would require effort that I'm not willing to expend right now. Basically hexbear has done a lot of brigading and bullying in the past, with blessings from their moderators.

    I would love to see sources.

    I do not consider tankies socialists, as socialism is inherently anti-authoritarian, and I honestly have little respect for socialists and anarchists that hang out with them. History has seen the regimes the tankies defend ruin attempts at socialism and anarchy countless times, especially considering that these regimes are often military takeovers of actual socialist revolutions.

    Are you genuinely making the argument that Marxism isn't Socialist? Marxism isn't Anarchist, correct, but Marxism is fundamentally Socialist. It's the largest and most significant strain of Socialism, historically and presently.

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  • You sent many to them.

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  • Again, this is after you defended an IDF soldier who went on raids because she was bored of her office job, then DM harassed them (and myself). Touch grass, you've been malding for 4 days and spread this nonsense everywhere you go as a personal vendetta over an online argument.

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  • Doesn't sound like it would have a nice atmosphere for socialists or anarchists either

    Like I said, you can ask the anarchists and socialists there yourself. I'm a Marxist-Leninist, it's a nice atmosphere, and I get along with the Anarchists there as well.

    Edit: Also that place allows coordinated attacks against non-tankies, and the most troubling users from blåhaj ran to that place, so I'm not super impressed.

    Mind explaining what you mean by "coordinated attacks?" And what do you mean by "troubling users from blåhaj?" People leaving one instance for Hexbear isn't necessarily indicative of Hexbear being bad.

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  • Again, this is after you defended an IDF soldier who went on raids because she was bored of her office job, then DM harassed them (and myself). Touch grass, you've been malding for 4 days and spread this nonsense everywhere you go as a personal vendetta over an online argument.

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  • Conservatives fall under the umbrella of liberalism, generally.

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  • Ask the Anarchists on Hexbear why they're fine with Marxists.

    In my experience, Hexbear is a much less toxic instance due to the anti-sectarian rules. Someone described it as "less like a Communist Party and more like the bar Communists hang out at after the meeting," which is both cute and accurate. It's a nice atmosphere if you aren't a liberal.

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  • Nope, don't know, sorry. I read it online.

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  • Hexbear is anti-sectarian, it has Marxist-Leninists and Anarchists alike.

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  • Because they didn't, you defended an IDF soldier that was "bored of her office job and went on raids for fun," and that's yet another time you've misgendered them after it has been pointed out repeatedly. You also DM harassed them, and made multiple posts about it on multiple instances. Get over it and touch grass.

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  • Lemmy.world is defederated from the major Marxist instances, so that filters out a lot of discussion about Socialism.

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  • There's a massive overlap between being anti-Marx and being liberal. Doesn't mean all anti-Marxists are liberals, but most are.

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  • vaguely socialism related countries like Russia or China

    The Russian Federation isn't socialist in any way. China has a Socialist Market Economy, that's true, but nobody idolizes Russia nor do they believe they would live a better life there.

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  • No worries! If you go with Politzer, you can skip Dialectical and Historical Materialism, which covers the same subject. I prefer Politzer's work.

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  • I used that site! Got through parts 1-3 and need to do org theory. Great works, don't use the site, a comrade pointed out that it uses google analytics. Make the same list, but read from sites like Marxists.org instead.

    State and Rev is great, but I would read Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy first, understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism means you understand Marxism itself, the rest of Marxism builds on that foundation.

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  • Personally i don't mind the communism as much (I share many of its beliefs and goals) as the tankieism.

    Can you meaningfully explain the difference in your eyes?

    No, China and Russia are not role models but hostile actors

    Not a single Communist thinks Russia is a role model. The PRC being a role model is far more accurate than the implication that Communists like the Russian Federation, though.

    No, their imperialist bullshit and human rights violations or straight up war crimes aren't justified because the west did a thing that one time and it was also evil

    The West is by far the largest purveyors of War Crimes the world over, and by far the most Imperialist. I suggest you read Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. It should help you understand what Communists refer tk when they mention Imperialism, specifically a form of international monopoly Capitalism and exploitation.

    No, the russian kleptocracy and chinese state capitalism are not socialism or communism.

    Again, nobody thinks the Russian Federation is Socialist or Communist, just anti-West.

    As for China, they are Socialist. They have a Socialist Market Economy, the aim of which is to guide market developments into large syndicates that are then absorbed into the public sector, which makes up the majority of the PRC's economy. The PRC is socialized by degree, which is how Marx described the transition from Capitalism to Communism, repeated by Engels here, in The Principles of Communism:

    Will it be possible for private property to be abolished at one stroke?

    No, no more than existing forces of production can at one stroke be multiplied to the extent necessary for the creation of a communal society.

    In all probability, the proletarian revolution will transform existing society gradually and will be able to abolish private property only when the means of production are available in sufficient quantity.

    China's economy works by that same function, markets coalesce into syndicates, socializing themselves and making these syndicates ripe for public ownership. This is the Dialectical path of Historical Materialism, the conditions for Socialism are born from Capitalism. "State Capitalism" is incorrect.

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  • Solarpunk is more of an aesthetic than an actual strain of Socialism.