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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.

Please don't forget to help keep this community clean by reporting rule violations, updooting good contributions and downdooting those of low-quality!

Rules

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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)


0.5 [Provisional Rule] Use alt text or image descriptions to allow greater accessibility


We require alternative text (from now referred to as "alt text") to be added to all posts/comments containing media, such as images, animated GIFs, videos, audio files, and custom emojis.
EDIT: For files you share in the comments, a simple summary should be enough if they’re too complex.

We are committed to social equity and to reducing barriers of entry, including (digital) communication and culture. It takes each of us only a few moments to make a whole world of content (more) accessible to a bunch of folks.

When alt text is absent, a reminder will be issued. If you don't add the missing alt text within 48 hours, the post will be removed. No hard feelings.


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.



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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I actually like the idea of giving both Donald Duck and Elon Musty a bunch of laxatives and having them fight over one small bathroom.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aktshually Article 20 subsection 4 of the German Basic Law gives me explicit leeway to shoot the Führer:

(4) All Germans shall have the right to resist any person seeking to abolish this constitutional order if no other remedy is available.

And on his birthday, too!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is so fucking awesome honestly.

"Hey we had someone try this before, if they try again, you are to stop them by any means necessary."

Turns out learning from mistakes and history works.

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

The wording includes an important caveat:

(4) Gegen jeden, der es unternimmt, diese Ordnung zu beseitigen, haben alle Deutschen das Recht zum Widerstand, wenn andere Abhilfe nicht möglich ist.

This roughly translates to

Every German has the right to resist those who seek to abolish this [free and democratic] order if no other means are sufficient.

The conservative politicians/judges have watered it down to the point where you can only violently resist them once democracy has already failed.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's no need to go around making actionable threats of violence that could be read out in a courtroom, that's called fedposting. Try this on for size:

If the right keeps pushing, eventually someone's probably going to feel like their back's against the wall with no other recourse. For example, if there was, say, a national abortion ban, I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried to kill the people responsible. Tragic, really, but that's just the world we live in. Look, I want to do things peacefully, but if I can't produce results that way, well, it's not about me, it's about what's going to happen if other people lose confidence in my methods.

A prediction isn't a threat. I'm allowed to speculate about other people doing stuff, aren't I? Some historical orgs spoke that way, and their predictions could be eerily accurate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Donald Trump and Elon Musk should be assassinated ☺️ 😍 😋 🤪 😇

Wow, just being able to say that when inciting violence is banned on most other social media felt empowering. I know to y'all this probably comes off as just another basic one-liner comment, but.. I've only recently started using Lemmy when I used to just browse Reddit without an account. There were times when I almost felt crazy, because I felt so much rage against these rapist scum I thought- given the opportunity- I would end their lives in an instant, consequences be damned. But on Reddit where any talk of violence (against the state) is banned (but violence via political persecution of minorities is A-OK!), I thought I was just a radical extremist.

And maybe I am a radical extremist, Lemmy as a whole is certainly small enough to be an echo chamber, but in a time where peaceful protest does nothing but paint a target on your back, free speech by necessity needs to include ushering people to make use of "the 4th box of liberty," the cartridge box. By god does it feel good to finally be able to say that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I saw shit like THIS all over my town:

They go low, we go low.

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

Don't go low, go center mass.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When they go low, start stomping the fuckers

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

They wanna be the bar set in hell let's ensure they go there faster than usual. My grandfather helped them, I'd be happy to continue the family linage of "making them find out after fucking around."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

You can even say things like "someone should put a heavy duty zip tie round JD vance's neck and then leave him to choke in a rest stop toilet". Or "someone should put powdered death cap mushrooms in Donald Trumps food".

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

Is it illegal where their instance is located?

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

Who cares? Have balls about your tiny and insignificant website, you're not gonna get jailed because some user posted something on your lemmy instance

Just a shield for their shite opinions

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I care. That's why i asked. It's interesting to see how other places differ from my own. Interesting that irritated you so easily.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

nah, click bait question (the meme establishes it's illegal). You then turn into instigating an argument, "Have balls" means have courage, you added a tone of irritation I assume to establish @[email protected] as a perceived target you wanted to argue with.

If you just cared, you would've just had

I care. That’s why i asked. It’s interesting to see how other places differ from my own.

done, finite. But then the little troll comes out

Interesting that irritated you so easily.

So were the statements from gamer triggering to you or were you just looking for an argument already?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Neither. Just a typical internet convo.

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

lol that's fair.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting that irritated you so easily.

Fun y that you think I'm irritated

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

Why would your comment irritate me at all, homie? Or do you just see someone saying anything with conviction as being emotionally riled up because you're too much of a milquetoast coward to have any yourself?

Literally relaxing in a hot bath of Epsom salts rn, relaxed and chill as could be

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

Lmao...yea, you're not irritated at ALL. I totally believe you now.

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

Yeah, more amused by your amazing stupidity than anything else tbh

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those TEMU epsom salts are really not working 😘

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Again: I'm replying because I find you amusing. If you just get stale on me I'll fuck off to something else to do, dude

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

Cool story, princess

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