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TheFonz

@ TheFonz @lemmy.world

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    Why does Lemmy.ML admire authoritarian regimes ?

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  • Hmm... Show me one post one ml with a call to action in the last 7 days

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  • Communists are absolutely interested in being politically effective.

    Tankies and online lefties are only interested in the esthetic of communism. They are not interested in platforming the mechanisms to promote the change needed. It's a fun game to toy and muse with but it has no direction or real world benefits. The discourse never branches out beyond the evils of western hegemony, because that would require concrete thinking and real world politicking, and we can't have that, can we? That would mean an end to the fun little circus that is Lemmy.ml

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  • Being authoritarian is not a preclusion for being anti-western hegemony.

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  • They are not communists or socialists. They are campists.

    The mistake is assuming they care about the political idealogy they ascribe to. They exist exclusively as an oppositional force to whatever the West represents. The reality is that if the Western hegemony disappeared tomorrow, they would lose their entire raison d'etre. They dont care at all about the principles of communism. It's an esthetic that they can bury themselves in order to criticize the West.

    Because engaging with the reality of effecting the goals of communism would entail coming to face with the brutal process of realizing effective change. You know, being politically effective. That would undermine the entire movement and modus operandi.

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  • No. Nowhere in their post did they define authoritarianism. That's a strawman. Engage with the content, don't deflect

  • Are we building an alternative to billionaire platforms or just a quieter version of them?

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  • I think the party is going to evolve despite the apathy of online lefties. Fingers crossed. Boomers have to die at some point.

    It's interesting watching the lefties already turning on Mamdani (we're not even a year into his first term)

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  • No, it debunks the appeal to nature as a basis for ethics and civilization

  • Are we building an alternative to billionaire platforms or just a quieter version of them?

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  • Yes. Community is good. I totally agree. The difference is conservatives vote. Lefties are actively non participants in the "duopoly". But there is no alternative path discussed either. That would require facing the real world

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  • Cool, now overlap with the paths of migratory animals

  • Are we building an alternative to billionaire platforms or just a quieter version of them?

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  • Correct, but it's sort of self inflicted because the high level discourse is what's valuable here. Would you like to dissect the labor theory of value? You're in the right place!

  • Are we building an alternative to billionaire platforms or just a quieter version of them?

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  • The memes are distraction fodder. It's like an amusement park so we never move into prescriptive discourse

  • Are we building an alternative to billionaire platforms or just a quieter version of them?

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  • Lemmy is quickly becoming (maybe it always was) a self masturbatory exercise in anti-capitalist Marxist thought. Don't get me wrong, we need to fight capitalism at every moment. This is THE moment.

    However, what I've gleaned is that the discussion here cannot step away from theory into the realm of prescriptions. Because prescriptions would entail confronting the harsh reality of the real world and end the little intellectual amusement park that are the lefty anti-capitalist memes.

    In other words, Lemmy is acting exactly as designed: a containment space for tankie and lefties to never have to contend with real world actions. Billionaires love spaces like Lemmy because if we ever move the conversation away from memes, thats when they start shaking. But they know exactly that won't happen in places like Lemmy. The merry-go-round is just so much fun!

  • What tv show has the best theme song?

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  • The Expanse

  • Republicans introduce extreme bill to ban lawsuits against Big Oil forever | Shouldn't Democrats... be saying something about this?

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  • Wow. So brave

  • Republicans introduce extreme bill to ban lawsuits against Big Oil forever | Shouldn't Democrats... be saying something about this?

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  • What ought the Democrats do when they are a minority? Can you like... Give an example? I'm genuinely curious

  • Suggestions for music streaming service?

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  • I don't know if appropriate to mention this, but I switched to a NAS server with Emby+Soulseek. I'm using online platforms to discover new music. Otherwise I used Qobuz before and really liked it but it was a bit expensive

  • Suggestions for music streaming service?

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  • This stopped working for me after a while. I think they caught on to it

  • Progressive Democrat Wins Special Election in Huge Rejection of AIPAC

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  • "but don't you know it's just the duopoly behaving as designed; wake up man". I've heard all the arguments.

  • France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

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  • So just curious, what does the DINUM do exactly?

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    TheFonz @lemmy.world

    Danish government migrating to Linux and Libreoffice

    www.heise.de /en/news/From-Word-and-Excel-to-LibreOffice-Danish-ministry-says-goodbye-to-Microsoft-10438942.html
  • News @lemmy.world
    TheFonz @lemmy.world

    40 Monkeys on the loose in SC after escaping research facility

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2024/nov/07/monkeys-escape-south-carolina
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    TheFonz @lemmy.world

    Why is there a user base here that is so angry all the time? Genuine question.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    TheFonz @lemmy.world

    Has community engagement dropped off suddenly?

  • World News @lemmy.world
    TheFonz @lemmy.world

    Houthis in Yemen blow up a resident’s house, killing at least 9 from the same family

    apnews.com /article/yemen-houthis-crackdown-war-15cf9afdbf8935a171a591c18a253d4d
  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    TheFonz @lemmy.world

    Is anyone else getting downvotes for benign disagreements here?