Thanks sharkfucker420

Speaking of Mulder, Lynch was a gem of a person that this sorry world didn’t deserve.

YOU’LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP, HEARING’S GONE. GOT THESE THINGS CRANKED UP TO THE MAX

WHAT?

Oh ok. I understand better. Thank you for taking the time to explain it :)

I see MLs talk about “liberalism” and, correctly or not, I think of the French Revolution. It seems though that that term is instead of “neoliberalism,” I think (?). I can see the narrative that “liberalism” and “fascism” are like masks that capitalist structures wear, like modes of operation. But it’s also confusing because those two concepts don’t descend directly from fascism.

And I think I’m picking up that ML is a the revolutionary part of expanding communism, and I guess that’s why it’s not just Marxism? Because Marx foresaw the fundamental changes that needed to happen, and Lenin instantiated it? I haven’t read Marx yet, it’s on my list of shame, I suppose 😅

Since we have an open dialogue, I’m also curious of your opinion about "tankie"ism. Specifically, why not-so-pro-communist people see MLs as tankies that defend or deny authoritarian crimes against humanity.

I have to admit this may be a failing in my own political education. 😅 Why do you think liberalism and fascism are “the same ideology in different circumstances”? I think McCarthyism is a modern example of violent anti-communism, and I agree, that got really close to fascism. (Although I could argue that violent anti-anything would lead to fascism.)

I’m wondering if, like, Marxism-Leninism is something like “communism is what organized societies would naturally look like, and everything else is an authority asserting itself unfairly” sort of mindset.

So, when you say “anti-communism”, do you mean an organized front resisting and opposing communism, or just anyone who has an non-pro-communist opinion?

I imagine if I said something like “yeah capitalism has failed us, but that doesn’t mean I want a planned economy” you might respond by saying I’m a wishy-washy centrist.

For your own sake, I strongly recommend forgetting about this thread

Hmmmm. You smell like a troll trying to muddy the waters by arguing over minutia. You’re writing a lot about something only tangentially related to the topic.

Who’s arguing for peaceful protest here? And why is the binary of “peaceful/not peaceful” important to you? Are you trying to make the point that protests aren’t valid or effective unless they’re “peaceful?”

The Redditification of Lemmy lol

I remember being asked, as a child, to find “the country shaped like a boot” on a map and pointed at the Arabian Peninsula

Same to ya, bub

Thought I was going to show my inexperience because so many posts here are Unix/vim. I’d love to be that kind of wizard… but I think Adobe has spoiled me for UI and JetBrains definitely has that vibe (maybe for the worse just as much as the better)

This is the weirdest hill to die on, compadre

“Go to the thrift store, that’s where the heat is”

Dunno. Still getting used to federated communities like this, guess I assumed it would be more complex than that

As a casual lemmy user… how do you switch instances? Download your data, create a new account, upload your data?

Wanna ask Trump if he’ll still be alive by the time American manufacturing makes his tariffs pay off

Protest Musk, not individuals. Ruining other peoples’ cars is just retribution and in-fighting. If you want to send a strong political message, don’t pick on the little people.

this is what they want us to do