this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2024
-15 points (41.2% liked)

Lefty Memes

4359 readers
84 users here now

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.

Serious posts, news, and discussion go in c/Socialism.

If you are new to socialism, you can ask questions and find resources over on c/Socialism101.

Please don't forget to help keep this community clean by reporting rule violations, updooting good contributions and downdooting those of low-quality!

Rules

Version without spoilers

0. Only post socialist memes


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


Try to keep an open mind, other schools of thought may offer points of view and analyses you haven't considered yet. Also: This is not a place for the Idealism vs. Materialism or rather Anarchism vs. Marxism debate(s), for that please visit c/AnarchismVsMarxism.


2. Anti-Imperialism means recognizing capitalist states like Russia and China as such


That means condemning (their) imperialism, even if it is of the "anti-USA" flavor.


3. No liberalism, (right-wing) revisionism or reactionaries.


That includes so called: Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism, Dengism, Market Socialism, Patriotic Socialism, National Bolshevism, Anarcho-Capitalism etc. . Anti-Socialist people and content have no place here, as well as the variety of "Marxist"-"Leninists" seen on lemmygrad and more specifically GenZedong (actual ML's are welcome as long as they agree to the rules and don't just copy paste/larp about stuff from a hundred years ago).


4. No Bigotry.


The only dangerous minority is the rich.


5. Don't demonize previous and current socialist experiments or (leading) individuals.


We must constructively learn from their mistakes, while acknowledging their achievements and recognizing when they have strayed away from socialist principles.

(if you are reading the rules to apply for modding this community, mention "Mantic Minotaur" when answering question 2)


6. Don't idolize/glorify previous and current socialist experiments or (leading) individuals.


Notable achievements in all spheres of society were made by various socialist/people's/democratic republics around the world. Mistakes, however, were made as well: bureaucratic castes of parasitic elites - as well as reactionary cults of personality - were established, many things were mismanaged and prejudice and bigotry sometimes replaced internationalism and progressiveness.



  1. Absolutely no posts or comments meant to relativize(/apologize for), advocate, promote or defend:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Gross. Feeling ecstasy for murder is gross, no matter what the victim did.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If John Brown thought like that slavery in America would have lasted longer than it did. Some people deserve it and their passing makes society better. I dont give a damn if its ethical or not if it fixes an abhorrent evil. Peace didn't stop slavery, peace didn't stop the nazis. Peace didn't get gays in America rights. Peace didn't secure labor rights and basic safety laws.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

I'd be more comfortable with someone treating it as a somber necessary evil than referring to it as "ecstasy ". At that point you just want to kill people but with extra steps.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

There’s a difference between needing to do something horrible (killing Nazis) and taking great pleasure in the killing.

One is a necessary evil, the other is psychopathic.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fair, but also landlords. Literally worse than investors. (Almost)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Landlords aren't people, it's ok to get rid of them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I would love to do this to mine. Fucker has been the worst to everyone. No one likes him. Not even the manager.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Hits differently knowing that masses of Anarchists and LGBTQI+ and Poly-women were executed in the purges of "走资派" people in the following years.