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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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[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke 33 points 2 weeks ago

The best cop; officer down

[–] RizzRustbolt 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] TriflingToad 22 points 2 weeks ago (24 children)

I see a lot of people in this thread justifying murder when that's REALLY not what's needed. That will just lead to the only people willing to be cops is maniacs with a gun (who are NOT in short supply) when we really need cops who can take a moment and think.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

when we really need cops who can take a moment and think.

Those people are actively filtered out by police.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's not hard to make it through the application process as a compassionate, clever person.

It's just hard to stay employed while butting heads with supervisors that aren't, and the public sends you thoughts and prayers from the sidelines. Sure, they'll riot when evil cops are caught doing evil stuff, but they do absolutely nothing to notice or stop good cops from getting forced out.

Source: My time in law enforcement and my interactions with the public on Reddit where I told my story.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

We need to murder the concept of cops as we know them today. That's the only murder we need. No individual's death will fix a fucked up system, gotta kill the system itself.

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[–] Mango 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That sounds like my kind of accelerationism. Eventually cops will have to be dramatically changed.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah... the fed-posting isn't good. However, the current system of policing, and the entire rotten criminal justice system, is a system of oppression, is responsible immense amounts of pain and suffering, and can't be saved by just hiring better people. Cruelty (and upholding hierarchy) is the point.

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[–] CaptPretentious 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is there context? Like is there someone in particular this is about? Or just in general?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

The only good cop...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

US centric, here in Europe nobody wishes Cops dead.

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