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Lefty Memes

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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.


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).


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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.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

But the capitalists keep telling me our lives are great because now we have computers and cars and sugar in all our food! Don't tell me they lied to me..

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The standard of living for the vast majority is better but the anxiety of being on the edge of losing it is as high as it has ever been.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technology? = More

Escapism? = Also more

Climate change? = Exponentially more, to the level of potential extinction

(Not against technology btw, just need to control this shitty climate)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could I interest you in a nest thermostat for your climate?

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

No, thanks. I've got my air conditioning working just fine. People who can't afford the electric bill however... 😔

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

Ew, brand. So no

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

wait woah

the sugar thing just clicked something for me. I'm not exactly sure what it is that clicked, but often Dune's Melange is compared to oil. Melange spice is probably more accurately comparable to sugar, as sugar is a psychoactive substance.

Sugar causes a cascade of reactions in the body, with different amounts causing different effects and altering some people completely. Take diabetes type 2 - there is a genetic component to it, but it has been empirically shown to be a consequence of consuming sugar. Compare this to the Guild Navigator who becomes incapable of living in an environment lacking Melange because they've consumed so much of it.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They gave us bread and circuses.

Why do you think there's so much money in entertainment?

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

Yeah but at least the bread was free and the circuses were good. Now bread costs another dollar more every time there are 'supply chain issues' and the circus is what we used to call news.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So what you're saying is that we just haven't reached the beheadings stage yet. I get what youre saying.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

We have Lemmy to ease the suffering

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So, probably not the intended message, but clearly the beheadings got us nowhere.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

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

They stemmed the flood

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Less scheduled violence.

Everyone showed up to public beheadings. Mass shootings are way more common but sporadic.

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

mm, maybe just less localized/ more hidden (if one is fortunate enough to live in a relatively wealthy region of a metropole)?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

We should bring back the slicey boy

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

I mean that's the benefit of nukes. Either we have less wars, or we will have one final war, and never have to see another war, ever again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Did they not have entertainment in 1789?

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

That public beheading looks pretty fun

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

We should bring them back!

If you have a net worth over 100 million you’ve won capitalism and gets a speedy ticket to the afterlife as a prize.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

In the Roman days the had Gladiators and the colosseum.

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

History will repeat itself. Every fucked up thing that happened in the past is coming back again. It was happening all the time. But was happening in the dark. Now everything is openly being done.

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

Well if the Nika Riots of Constantinople are anything to go by and history repeating itsself, it won't be long before sports fans overthrow the government and burn down half the city.

Source

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

Boomer meme

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

tell me where you could buy a pineapple in 1700s france like i can for a few bucks right now.

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