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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.

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.

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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.


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


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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).


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The only dangerous minority is the rich.


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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

whats a leftist who doesn't want guns to be legal for citizens and only for military and police? I don't like capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (17 children)

doesn't like capitalism

only wants state enforcers of capitalism to be armed

I think that makes you inconsistent

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

I presume in his ideal country there is no capitalism, and as such state enforcers don't enforce capitalism, but enforce whatever he is thinking of

[–] Opisek 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't see how law enforcement and profit driven market are inseparable concepts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's entirely possible for a state to enforce laws without it being capitalist, however what I thought was a weird inconsistency was to posture as 'opposed to capitalism' but pro cops/military having guns without anybody else having them.

I don't relish the idea of people having to take up arms against the government, but I certainly don't want militarized police to be the only ones with them either.

[–] _stranger_ 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If all the citizens are trained in the defense of the nation, then both things can be true. There's only so many fighters jets, tanks, and nuclear bombs to go around, so the stewardship of those assets is going to fall to a trusted committee anyway (an organized military), but that's logistics, not politics.

What does such a society do with conscientious objectors and Pacificsts? Hopefully value their option as a source of diversity and honor their choices.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Someone who only likes to lick left boots?

[–] chiliedogg 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Impotent. You reject economic and lethal power, and what you you have left to defend your rights? Hopes and dreams don't have any teeth.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (52 children)

How do you plan on ending Capitalism without revolution?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

a leftist with LRC

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