Again, Ukrainian strongholds are falling like dominos and the Russian advance is increasing as of late as a consequence. Russia is steadily making real, material gains, and this is going on while the Banderites in charge in Kiev are shedding support as corruption scandals and years of war taking their toll. There is no option for Ukraine to win this war.

This is gradually fading as capitalism crumbles.

No, this is comically off-base. Ukrainian strongholds are falling one after another, and Pokrovsk is a matter of time. Russia still has a cohesive millitsry, and Ukraine is collapsing internally. Massive corruption scandals are even being reported on by Ukrainian news. Russia is steadily advancing, Ukraine is running out of conscripts and strongholds, I have no idea how you see this as Russia losing.

Yep, how you frame and present information has a dramatic impact on how it is interpreted, and in liberal, western-dominated spheres communism is demonized while the excesses of capitalism are minimized.

Yes? Why do you think peace talks are happening (or at least are being attempted) now?

Sure, I like that more, but vampire can have its uses for variety’s sake. Gotta be creative.

We aren’t discussing right, or any kind of moralism, but what actually exists in the real world and what is going to happen.

Slurs transcend capitalism. Racism persists in socialism, and it fades alongside slur use. Slurs should be opposed, rejecting them doesn’t affirm them. Explain how this is idealism, dialectical materialism acknowledges language, art, culture, laws, and other social constructions. Classes are also social constructions, that doesn’t make them super-natural, but rather are affirmed by how we interact, produce, distribute, and live. Where are you getting the idea that this is idealist from?

Secondly, alluding to me being racist because I oppose people using slurs is deeply unserious.

No, and again, that doesn’t apply in any way. Russia isn’t going to surrender when they are winning the war, it isn’t a real option. Either Ukraine and Russia successfully broker a peace deal, or Russia continues advancing at an increasingly rapid pace. That’s the reality of the situation, the war is increasingly unpopular in Ukraine and corruption from the Banderites in charge is causing erosion of support.

There isn’t a realistic way for Ukraine to win millitarily.

You do realize you can do both, right? Like, you don’t have to pick between not using slurs and organizing, you can do both. The fact that new slurs get invented doesn’t mean we should give slur use a pass. I understand your points on “objective meaning,” and I am directly telling you that language and communication aren’t just meaningless, varying in interpretation from person to person, but are decided socially and interpreted socially.

As for the n-word, there’s a large difference between marginalized groups disempowering the word and non-marginalized groups perpetuating its power.

Why would Russia stop now, when it’s near certain that their stated demands will be met either millitarily or via peace concessions?

You’re mistaking the fact that being more careful to not use bigoted language hasn’t dismantled capitalism as meaning it sustains capitalism, but that doesn’t follow. Having solidarity and empathy in how we use language is important for protecting marginalized communities and keeping bigots out. Again, if you join an org, you can better see this in practice.

The very fact that you acknowledge that words have meanings generally understood by the public should also help you see how using words with bigoted undertones helps perpetuate that bigotry.

No, I mean saying Russia can just surrender now doesn’t actually mean anything. That’s like saying oil barons can just stop any time. It isn’t a real solution.

Why would Russia stop now, when it’s near certain that their stated demands will be met either millitarily or via peace concessions?

Anarchism isn’t typically “fuck rules, do what you want.”

It’s well-documented that unsold product gets destroyed. Capitalism works on a cyclical process, the boom-bust cycle. Economic booms gradually accelerate with increased production and consumption, until too much is produced to possibly be consumed, causing mass layoffs and destruction of unsold commodities sitting on shelves, taking up space in warehouses. This is made even worse by the tendency for the rate of profit to fall.

The US Empire has never been a democracy, truly. Democracy means rule by the majority, but as a matter of fact the US Empire has, since its inception, been controlled by the capitalist class and landlords, slavers, etc. Candidates are pre-approved, or otherwise torn down. The government cannot be run in the interests of the working class, what needs to happen is the destruction of the capitalist state and replacement with a socialist state.

Words have meaning, and this meaning is decided culturally. What you’re arguing is more akin to saying capitalism dying will also cause words to cease having meaning. Further, refusing to fight the cultural hegemony of the bourgeoisie and letting all language, art, and culture be shaped at their whim makes it more difficult to kill capitalism once and for all. If you join an org, you’ll see this also in real life, the substitution of bourgeois structures and culture with proletarian structures and culture.

Language conveys certain data. Slurs and language that carries bigoted undertones help reinforce bourgeois culture and divide the working classes. We don’t transcend this by telling people not to be offended, but by showing solidarity and refusing to use these same terms.

Capitalism does create the means by which institutionalized racism is sustained, yes. Part of those means are under the umbrella of cultural hegemony, a concept most associated with Gramsci. Language, the way we communicate, is a part of that. Using speech that isn’t at the expense of marginalized groups helps break up parts of that cultural hegemony.

Lemmy in general is divided into 3 major subsections: liberals, Marxist-Leninists, and anarchists. The Marxist-Leninists and anarchists tend to be far stricter about ableism than the liberals.

The base and superstructure mutually reinforce each other. The base is primary, but the superstructure still has an impact on reinforcing bigotry, and part of the way that works is through language. Perpetuating bigoted language perpetuates cultural perceptions on the marginalized groups they target.