You made it about communism by complaining about tankies, I was simply responding to that point. All of us are aware that Russia is no longer socialist, neither is Ukraine, to both of their detriments. You are covering up the ethnic cleansing committed by Kiev against the Donbass region, which is why Russia entered the Ukrainian civil war 8 years after it started. Russia is not committing genocide, but arguably Kiev was towards the ethnic Russians in the Donbass region.

You didn’t challenge anything, you just started ranting about communists and threw around ableist terminology.

People that support existing socialist states.

Kiev has been murdering civilians in the Donbass region since the Banderite coup in 2014. Pointing out the reverance the modern Kiev regime has for Nazi collaborators like Stepan Bandera, and their far-right politics, is just highlighting an uncomfortable truth for westerners that rely on fascists. Despite your hatred of communists, we aren’t going anywhere.

Who sets those terms? And why don’t the people living in Donetsk and Luhansk get a say?

This isn’t inherently true. Nationalism in the context of liberation from colonialism and imperialism is an inherently progressive project, as it creates national autonomy. Nationalism in Israel’s case protects its status as a settler-colony and is inherently genocidal and reactionary.

Further, major resistance groups in Palestine like the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are Marxist-Leninist, which is inherently left-wing. Hamas is not the only group in the resistance, just the primary.

Lemmy.ml isn’t a true echo-chamber, it’s an English-dominated pro-communist space with very little defederation. We see anti-communism every day simply by speaking English and existing, so having a space that runs against the popular grain doesn’t mean that’s all we interact with. Lemmy.world is closer to being an echo chamber, it largely conforms to hegemonic viewpoints and defederates from communist instances.

Secondly, communists are not “pro-dictator.” Socialist countries are democratic. We may critically support non-socialist states against colonialism and imperialism, but that support is critical, not uncritical, and certainly cannot be confused with being “pro-dictator.”

Third, anti-communism has always been common from instances like Lemmy.world. This is not a new development, so saying “finally” instances are being more anti-communist doesn’t make much sense.

Finally, not sure why you need to use ableist terms like “deranged,” you can get your point across without throwing disabled people under the bus. I have no idea how your “first interaction with Lemmy was ruined,” but it’s abundantly clear that you stand opposed to communism, and as such it makes perfect sense that you’d have a bad time seeing pro-communist positions.

I don’t follow, what are you happy about?

Lemmy.world can continue to isolate itself, slowly defederating from every leftist instance one by one until the echo chamber is complete, I suppose.

I think the big disconnect is in understanding of the “need drive.” The profit motive systemically selects for the maximum production and consumption possible, as it searches for the highest circulation of commodities and the fastest rate of returns. It’s a control system with consumption as the driving factor. The “need drive” isn’t the same control system, all it means is that humans will actually begin to consciously plan production and distribution. This means it is human decisions that can scientifically advance non-profitable or costly measures that seek ecological improvements and minimizing useless and non-productive sectors.

You have to dissect the actual profit motive itself to see why consumption has skyrocketed. Comsumption is the driving factor of profit. “Satisfying needs” isn’t a control system or a feedback loop, but instead a goal for humans to pursue once we scientifically plan the economy. This is why I am optimistic for the future.

Ukrainian drones are killing civilians, and Ukrainian munitions were killing civilians in the Donbass region for 8 years prior to 2022. Further, I can’t remove your comments.

Thank you so much! Honestly, I try to be patient and polite because it actually works, haha.

No problem!

I’m not a fan of Eco’s 14 points as an identification of fascism. They are common characteristics of fascism, but not the definition of it nor do they explain the rise and fall of fascism. Fascism is better seen as capitalism in decay, as the methods of colonialism applied domestically. The Nazis essentially tried to colonize Europe, treating the rest of Europe the way Europe treats the global south.

Social fascism is essentially a term for those that want to retain imperialist welfare states, bribing the working classes with welfare and siding with imperialism and neocolonialism to fund them, rather than socialism. The German SPD hated the communists, and worked with the Nazis to kill the KPD off, enabling the rise of Nazism in Germany. It’s no coincidence that PJ loves the German SPD.

When people refer to Europe in general, they are doing so as a region built by colonialism that today persists in the form they do by relying on imperialism and neocolonialism. Being upset at Europe’s ongoing and historical role, plundering the global south and refusing to pay reparations, is entirely consistent.

Further, “brainwashing” does not exist. Propaganda does not work that way. People generally license themselves to believe that that which benefits them is justified. Russia isn’t a threat to Europe, what’s threatening is the decay in superprofits from imperialism and neocolonialism causing stagnating economies and a rise in the far-right. Russia is a scapegoat to justify increased military spending.

Not really.

The British exported food during famine to enrich themselves off the backs of Irish, Scottish, Indian, and other colonized peoples. The Soviets exported grain during the 1930s Soviet famine to trade for agricultural machinery to end a naturally occurring famine, and redirected grain to alleviate the famine where they could.

The British slaughtered colonized peoples, both armed and unarmed. The Soviets put down reactionary counterrevolutions that were armed.

The British colonized territories, erasing any autonomy and running their economies on extraction. The Soviets were anti-colonial, and generally helped set up socialist democracy, liberating the working classes.

The British frequently arrested and executed people even for simple backtalk against colonialism and imperialism. The Soviets censored, and did execute people when evidence of an anti-soviet force was brewing to overthrow socialism.

If you erase all of the context, you can find similarities. However, just like you can say Nazis and communists are both “violent,” what matters is who that violence is used against, and for what aims. It’s necessary to investigate beyond surface level comparisons.

PJ is a social fascist, essentially. PJ nearly always posts anti-communist memes that range from horribly misleading to outright disinformation, and will frequently misquote Marx or other leftists to justify opposing communism and supporting imperialism. Further, PJ stalks my account from time to time and tries to grab content for the Nazi bar they moderate, so at a personal level I’d say I’m not a fan.

Let’s try not to accuse people of being a bot. It dehumanizes them, and creates a culture of botjacketing.

You’ve been downplaying neo-Nazis in Ukraine and defending Canadian aggression against Afghanistan. The communists are pointing out your defense of fascism.

Nope. Just like the charges against Maduro, this is bullshit used to manufacture consent.

This is imperialist bullshit, what’s going on is a leftist uprising against the right-wing government and the US Empire supporting it.