this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
762 points (96.0% liked)

Lefty Memes

4391 readers
777 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 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 147 points 3 months ago (7 children)

If anyone has both of those flags hanging at the same time, they don't understand what the top one means.

[–] Fredselfish 87 points 3 months ago

And the amount of Maga fucks that have both in my state is to high. That and the blue lives matter Punisher sticker. They show just how stupid they are.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

In Kansas you can get the yellow snake as your license plate.

I have seen three so far. All three of them had thin blue line bumper or window stickers.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The State ALLOWS YOU to have a license plate identifying you as someone who's AGAINST THE FUCKING STATE!

[–] NikkiDimes 17 points 3 months ago

Self identification, pretty smart of the state tbh.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago
  1. they care for reptiles who are basically just ribcage and know how riding them over even with a bicycle will fatally wound them

  2. they are a fan of the British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson

[–] Sylvartas 9 points 3 months ago

I'd argue they don't understand what the bottom one means, but I'm ready to meet you in the middle and say that they don't understand any of the two

[–] AeonFelis 6 points 3 months ago

Top flag: "don't tread on me"

Bottom flag: "when there are perfectly good minorities you should be treading on right there!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

that if the 13 colonies unite against british tyranny, they’ll be as untreadable as a rattlesnake? especially with the rattlesnake only being native to the americas….

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The message is step on me and get bit. Traditionally it's an anarchist symbol encouraging unity and brotherhood among the colonies in defiance of the crown.
But just like many other things it has been misinterpreted and misused by fascists.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

that picture is actually part ii to this one
but, yeah… i agree…
we should just use a red and black one and let them have yellow and black (:

load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 85 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Once, years ago, went out to a restaurant with some friends and had a couple drinks. Wasn't paying close enough attention to my intake, and ended up a little too tipsy to drive (not, like, belligerent drunk or anything, just not safe to drive). Hung out sitting on the hood of my car watching videos on my phone for a while with a friend until he had to leave. Before he left, this super cute guy started talking to us. We hit it off, and dude and I started getting flirty. Went back to his place because it was walking distance, did the deed, and when we were done I went to get some water from his kitchen.

Wherein I see not one, not two, but no less than a dozen coffee mugs, posters, fucking rugs, and all manner of paraphernalia with right wing nonsense. We're talking he had a fucking swastika area rug. I begin the heavy breathing of a scared little gay boy (6'3 and nearly 300lbs/190cm 135kg), and he notices my discomfort. He acts like this is nothing unusual and says he's just a collector of WWII shit.

Yeah, bro, maybe you are. But that doesn't explain the don't tread on me poster, the trump 2016 merch, and fucking birth of a nation movie poster!

I got the fuck outta there before his lawyers had a chance to try out a gay panic defense.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 months ago (11 children)

...says he’s just a collector of WWII shit.

Isn't is funny how nobody collects the stuff from the Allies?

[–] Hobbes_Dent 24 points 3 months ago

Only my grandparents stuff from when they kicked Nazi ass. They’d be horrified at todays bullshit.

[–] doingthestuff 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have WWII stuff from the allies, but it isn't even from the European parts of the war. From my grandfather. His father earned US citizenship by fighting in WWI.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

There actually is a pretty large WW2 Allied collector and reenactor community. I know a guy with a Jeep with a mounted quad MG.

Just don't ask too many questions about the other team.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

To be fair, it is more intriguing to collect the stuff of the objectively bad guy. A lot of it is like, it feels almost unbelievable, so nazi memorabilia helps ground that reality that, yes, it actually happened (and how it might have happened)

Of course there is nuance to this, though

[–] Reddfugee42 5 points 3 months ago

Everyone loves an unterhund?

load more comments (6 replies)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I begin the heavy breathing of a scared little gay boy (6'3 and nearly 300lbs/190cm 135kg)

Holy shit I died

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Thank you, I'll be here for the foreseeable future... As I can't afford to leave

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wait, are you a gay man or a female? This story's context changes drastically with your answer.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Nice. I feel bad for these fundies that have to pretend to be conservative but are actually pretty liberal sexually.

[–] sandbox 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Ugh, gay guy here, totally relate. Hate it when the cute gay guy is a fascist. Has happened multiple times for me.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Is this the original?


Edit: that’s a template! Original:

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Never noticed the silhouette in the window.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Looks to be. But I don't get this one?

[–] Reddfugee42 23 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If they're against the state, it's not theft, because the state is what grants the right to property 😀

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

It's why Marxists only drink herbal tea

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Stirner glasses are a nice touch.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was wondering what the glasses were referring to. I guess you mean Max Stirner?

German post-Hegelian philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen as one of the forerunners of nihilism, existentialism, psychoanalytic theory, postmodernism and individualist anarchism

I'm a bad leftist, I'm terrible with theory and history.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 11 points 3 months ago

Finally some egoist content

[–] madcaesar 8 points 3 months ago

Thin blue line is so fucking cringe. You're in the US eating doughnuts and beating on black people, you're not some hero defending society.

load more comments
view more: next ›