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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the "ML" influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.

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That refers to funny image macros and means that generally videos and screenshots are not allowed. Exceptions include explicitly humorous and short videos, as well as (social media) screenshots depicting a funny situation, joke, or joke picture relating to socialist movements, theory, societal issues, or political opponents. Examples would be the classic case of humorous Tumblr or Twitter posts/threads. (and no, agitprop text does not count as a meme)


1. Socialist Unity in the form of mutual respect and good faith interactions is enforced here


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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What's your plan to "remove those incentives" because think we've got more than enough sample data on what happens when a government falls and the disappearance of all crime and hostility is not part of it.

Are you the one that said not to say "go read theory"? Because the urge to tell you to go read theory is pretty fuckin strong. I'm not going to summarize 200 years of political philosophy and history for you. Especially because I know you're just gonna go "no you're wrong and my heirarchical realism is right" no matter how compelling my points are. I'll give you a couple of places to start, I guess.

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. E-book/PDF version. Audiobook version.

Anarchy Works, Peter Gelderloos. PDF/E-book version Audiobook version

Seeing Like a State, James C. Scott, pdf version

An Anarchist FAQ

On YouTube: Anark (Theory essays), Andrewism (Theory and Praxis), Zoe Baker (PhD in anarchist history).

Also, the Spanish revolution is a lot more complicated than "the fascists won btw". Your tone again suggests it's not worth the effort of breaking it down for.you. I don't have any specific recommendations on that other than to open a book. Have a good day and go fuck yourself