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WanderingVentra

@ WanderingVentra @lemm.ee

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  • Why did communism always turn into a kind of dictatorship?

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  • They didn't sprout from nothing. Even from the beginning, they were being interfered with by capitalist and anti-revolutionary forces who started out with all the money and resources, like the white army or the black hundreds, not to mention being neighbors with reactionary imperialist countries, like Germany, and coming from authoritarian countries, like Tsarist Russia, where those ruling elements (old regime nobles, business interests, rich landowners, generals, etc) still existed and were in power or at least a place to sabotage the effort.

  • Why did communism always turn into a kind of dictatorship?

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  • People are blind to the current propaganda, too. Just look at how many articles demonize China every day, which has never bombed a country, while ignoring other authoritarian countries and their imperialism that bomb countries every day (like Saudi Arabia or Turkey). Meanwhile, we need to turn to sources like Al Jazeera to find out what's happening in Israel with our own government money. Just look at how freaked out the country got to Bernie Sanders and how the capitalist class (including the media) closed ranks to stop him. Look at how the US treats Cuba and Biden still signed a law against them. Until Russia's war, the most sanctioned countries were all communist (Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela) while other authoritarian countries got a pass. But nobody notices. The propaganda has never stopped.

  • A Step Towards Full Bluesky Federation? | Self Host a Bluesky Atproto Network

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  • What's the point in them making a reddit alternative when they can just spin up their own Lemmy instances? That seems pointless.

  • [Question] Any Good Black Friday Deals?

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  • Why, what'd I say? 😳

  • [Question] Any Good Black Friday Deals?

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  • Has anyone seen any particularly good deals for NAS's, storage or memory, mini computers, things like that, for this Black Friday / Cyber Monday season?

    I've got the simplest setup (mini PC with a 4TB USB SSD attached) and was thinking of upgrading to a proper multi-bay NAS, but those things and multiple TB hard drives are going expensive.

  • I really want to like Lemmy

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  • Ya I don't mind and I think it's because this place reminds me a lot of old forums or old reddit. I really miss some of my old forums and the community that would be built there.

    . The smaller feel also encourages contributing over lurking, because every individual's comment can actually get read, unlike the huge megathreads of reddit.

  • PieFed, a FOSS Feed Aggregator alternative to Lemmy, but faster

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  • Exactly. I 100% agree with that sentiment.

  • PieFed, a FOSS Feed Aggregator alternative to Lemmy, but faster

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  • Two of the developers are scary communist tankies. And no, I don't think software can be right wing or left wing. Maybe if it's centralized, like X, but the developers of Lemmy can't interfere with Lemmy servers they don't admin, and it's open source (lots of other people contribute to the Lemmy source code at this point and so would be able to spot things added in).

    Personally, I think the right way to advertise other competitors on the fediverse isnt to fear monger about the developers, but to say what features the alternatives have that might be good. Also, it is nice to have competitors, so also just to advertise based on the availability of alternative options, since it is nice to have those just in case.

  • Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) Cory Doctorow

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  • It is kind of weird thay it hasn't been done yet, but in that thread they posted it sounded like it's totally possible at the moment.

  • Mastodon Says App Downloads Up 47% on iOS Amid Twitter Exodus

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  • Hm... Maybe if I open the app more often I'll get to that point?

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  • Their overwhelming market share is probably the main problem.

  • Mastodon Says App Downloads Up 47% on iOS Amid Twitter Exodus

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  • Saaame. I'm jut on Mastadon now to boost ti's numbers and support the fediverse.

  • How could we convince Reddit subs to move over to Lemmy?

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  • What technical limitations do you see? I feel like other than multireddits this place is basically equal to reddit.

  • How could we convince Reddit subs to move over to Lemmy?

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  • Ya I just got to reddit for specific video game ones now basically. Or specific TV shows.

  • How could we convince Reddit subs to move over to Lemmy?

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  • There's porn on here. Lemmynsfw.com is actually the second most populous instance irrc (or top 3?). Just got to convince people to post to it. But then we got the same problem of trying to convince people to do that lol.

  • Bernie Sanders doubles down that people are ‘angry’ with Dems after Pelosi said she didn’t ‘respect’ his remarks

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  • If Trump is going to establish himself as a dictator, then this kind of group is even more important. Lots of socialist groups have toppled totalitarian leaders, and when they haven't, it's usually because of western countries like the US helping the dictator. Of course, it might have to run underground a bit more, but solidarity between various organizations will be extremely important in the upcoming 4 years.

  • Bernie Sanders doubles down that people are ‘angry’ with Dems after Pelosi said she didn’t ‘respect’ his remarks

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  • It's like being Cassandra, the Greek seer who can see the future but is cursed to forever be not believed.

  • What will be this generation's "If you want a good job just go to college!" career advice?

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  • Haha that's one way. Seems like it would make it harder to land the next job, though.

  • What will be this generation's "If you want a good job just go to college!" career advice?

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  • I so need to do this. Been at the same job for almost 10 years and it feels like everyone else I started with has surpassed me for this reason in terms of salary and position. But i hate applying for jobs in tech so much, having to do the leetcode study bullshit as if I'm still in school and all that. It's so exhausting and annoying. Maybe it's the ADHD, but it's hard to bring myself to sit down and do it.

    But also, I could really use more money, it's been impossible to save for a house where I live, and I'd love to be able to have one someday. I know it's not too late, I still have so many years before I retire, but I'm still jealous of you guys that could sit down and more easily do the interview dance every 2-3 years.