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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)


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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Super based.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Peace is never an option with fascism

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Source: Luigi

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This nonviolent stuff'll get you killed.

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

It's important for two reasons

First to build support and legimize a cause. if politicians actually listen then the violence would not have been justified yet Exemplified by schools that divested from israel without calling in the cops first.

Second it is the only way a movement can grow mainstream before turning to violence.The Black Panthers got so many members because MLK did his non violent thing for years.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Relevant Owlturd/Shencomix comic

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

this is a great post. i think people have trouble understanding that great acts of violence can be born out of love for humanity. there are people in society that are threats to humanity. those people cannot be saved by love. many powerful positions are only achievable by people who lack empathy.

many people also have a hard time understanding that goose and gander arguments only confuse simple truths. we are not all equal. just because you use the same tools that evil uses does not make you evil. evil will use those tools regardless of your morals. just because you choose the high road doesn't mean that evil will do the same.

we have an obligation as wardens of this world to insure that we don't destroy it. that might mean weeding out those of us that would do irreparable harm.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I'm a combat vet and like some others realize it was for a bunch of bullshit. I'm pretty leftist and personally am pretty anti violence because of my experiences.

That being said, some systems and people only speak one language. Trying to talk to them in "human respect" and "compromise" is like trying to talk to a Frenchman in Chinese - if the options are violence or getting steamrolled then it is what it is. 🤷

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

Yes. But General Strike. But Yes

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

A general strike will almost certainly be met with violence. So comrades need to plan their reaction in advance. This could be taking the punches, or not....

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

I do agree, but in case of violence, I'd rather have the control of food, logistics, communication and ammunition by our side. That's a "lesser violence" plan

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Some men, you just can't reach

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

mario got luigi acting up i guess.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Does it count as love if I love violence? 🤔

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