Ugh these people suck so bad. On average, western leftists are worse than useless. Some bullet points are kinda interesting, even if annoying.
Ugh these people suck so bad. On average, western leftists are worse than useless. Some bullet points are kinda interesting, even if annoying.
I have a feeling that maga is gonna love that text when defending trump. They aren’t defending the authoritarian, they’re just celebrating his accomplishments!
No authority is the best authority.
Lmao “what if the text said something other than what it said and it was about MAGA instead?” also authoritarianism is made up by the totalitarian CIA you uneducated dork 1 2
We both know you’re not gonna read this either though, it’s above your grade.
You clearly lack reading comprehension. The quoted text is not trying to draw some distinction between “defending” and “celebrating one’s accomplishments” and say that the former is bad while the latter is fine. What it does do is point out that the common attack on socialism that accuses actually existing socialist states of being totalitarian hellholes and important historic socialist leaders of being dictators is a load of shit; using a consistent standard to compare them to their contemporaries would reveal that socialism accomplished many wonders starting from extremely difficult conditions and that most “democratic” leaders are far more monstrous than even the nastiest tales cooked up about Stalin and Mao.
Among what I just said and some other things, it makes a point that is very pertinent to this discussion: the characterization of tankies as “uncritically defending authoritarian regimes/dictators” (as asserted by the zine from the OP) and detesting literally all dissent regardless of what the content of that dissent might be (as you asserted) is also a load of shit that depends on treating socialist experiments as radioactive failures that are entirely bad and not worth defending. Tankies are perfectly capable of recognizing and criticizing the mistakes those experiments actually made; the commonly hurled criticisms are torn apart because they are factually wrong and made in bad faith.
baby-brained
I love how you all swarm, like a bee hive.
Me when I see a community of people supporting eachother: “Wow, glad I’m not like those people! I’ve got no one and am all alone, which proves that I am living a healthy life. Very rude of them to ask me about my opinion, especially when I can’t explain it. Anyway back to my thousands of online accounts I maintain so I can argue with strangers online. And by argue I mean insult people who keep asking me politely to please explain what it is I believe. This will deal a massive blow to the vague concept of authority somehow. Also the US is a force for good and I need to support it.”
Does it make you mad to see others form cooperative relationships? Wistful, even?
You think people shouldn’t be allowed to respond to you? That sounds pretty authoritarian, you tankie.
Do you take any negative reception to your comments as proof of whatever point you are trying to make? If you have a criticism to make in a public forum, shouldn’t you reasonably expect a response that might likewise be critical?
Well, if I walk into a room full of maga and point out that they are behaving like maga and they go off on me, should I take their negative reception seriously?
The article was spot on, and continues to be. I think it’s a little funny that more lemmy ‘communists’ don’t just own up to it.
I guess my view of communism is different. However, this is the internet after all. Everyone is kind of a dick.
Well what if you wrote “heil Hitler” instead of what you did write? Then that would be very bad right? So this means you’re a nazi.
What the fuck are you talking about? Liberals and making up weird situations that complicate a simple situation, instead of just relating to the situation at hand: Name a more iconic duo.
ABOUT WHAT MOTHERFUCKER? YOU STILL HAVEN’T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE ARTICLE IS SPOT ON ABOUT? HOW? HOW DOES IT DESCRIBE LEMMY INSTANCES? WHICH INSTANCES? SAY ANYTHING PLEASE YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED SO MANY TIMES JUST SAY ANYTHING YOU FUCKING DUMBASS
MAYBE??? HOW CAN WE KNOW WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL??
My grandmother used to say: If you meet someone who smells like shit, then you probably met someone who stepped in dogshit. If everyone you meet smells like shit, then it’s time to check under your shoe.
Should the people you’ve gone out of your way to antagonize take you seriously if you actively refuse to even articulate a criticism (even when directly invited to multiple times) and just post vague smug shit?
And look, for all the whining about “dog-piling” and “swarming” that people make about our instance, you can have replies to your comments, or you can have downvotes where nobody expresses an actual criticism and nobody gains anything.
I can’t see downvotes, so, vote away!
We literally do not have downvotes, hence all the replies trying to get somebody to make an actual point.
How can people have this sort of smug self-confidence in their beliefs if they cannot articulate a single point even when directly invited to do so? Literally one of you just make a point and then give a “why”. Preferably make the “why” better than “because I received any negative reception for my vague but obviously antagonistic comment.”
The article has a bunch of bullets. Pick one. Spot on. My point is the article was right. I mean, just own it. Chasing people away from communism is pretty much all lemmy communists do lol.
And, what I meant is I use voyager as my client, and it allows me to hide the voting thing. So… it’s just missing. I wouldn’t know if you had or did not have it. You mentioned it. 🤷♂️
Is this the first time you come to any forum and start pissing and shitting all over the place?
Try to mildly criticize western anarchists or liberals and I guarantee that you will get dogpiled immediately.
All i see are western communists.
Well, firstly, you need to check your eyesight, because at the very least I am not a westerner.
Secondly, in case you couldn’t understand a sentence worth of text, I suggested you go to a western anarchist or liberal forum and try to antagonise them. You will get swarmed and dogpiled right that instant.