Freedom is a synthetic enterprise, not a natural gift
I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no “two evils” exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do or say… — W.E.B. Du Bois
The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them. — Julius Nyerere
I think some of those are superseded by the instance’s rules, so communities generally avoid stating the same rules twice. E.g.: the instance’s rules and the community’s rules. I’ll message and admin and ask their opinion, though.
na, he’s the us without the mask
Don’t be a shitty country if you don’t want to by hated by every single person in the planet.
Yes, the US is a nazi state, it directly served as inspiration to Hitler, actually.
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how do you think moderation happens if it is not “based on moderator discretion”? There is no rule that fits all scenarios, you always need a human to decide that…
If the original comment is not present, it’s because it was deemed offensive, you don’t want slurs being showed in public. You know what you posted or commented, reasons are always given, so you know when to ask a moderator or admin for a possible mistake or if you actually erred.
Just to be clear, yes, we are in favour of censoring content that’s deemed offensive or discriminating, or that promotes right wing ideologies. It is not silent, or unaccountable, though.
Those belong to Mexico. This is the list of territories the US stole from Mexico thanks to Santa Ana in a very similar fashion, although without some key contexts, to what Russia is doing in Ukraine:
They’re at home, you’re the stranger around here, gringo.
Yes, you need to be into a topic regarding a meme to understand a meme. And again, it IS a meme, maybe you think a meme is an image with text on the top and the bottom. That’s not the definition of a meme, a meme can have many different forms.
It is a meme. It plays on the cultural idea that the West should rescue X or Y country (that they destroyed btw), jokingly mentioning that the living condition for US people is actually worst than that of a lot of third world countries. If you have any issues with the amount of memes regarding politics being posted, you can participate sharing non political memes.
To the people saying Greenland should remain a colony of Denmark because that grants them some sort of protection. Europe is not going to do anything and Greenland will become a US colony.
I’ve never said that, my point is that are normal people who are indoctrinated and need discussion. They are much more likely to internalize that discussion if you do so in a civil manner, you don’t need to insult to get a point across. I know of many comrades who believed in imperialist propaganda but changed their minds thanks to people doing this. Maybe that’s not you case and you were born a Marxist Leninist.
As revolutionaries, we don’t have the right to say that we are tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We also know that when the people understand, they cannot but follow us.
Thomas Sankara
In terms of civility, I feel that respect should exist on both sides, if trying to argument or convey a point. There’s an important distinction, though. If you’re talking with someone about something that directly affects them while you’re on the other side, it feels and is different. For example, if you’re talking with a Latinamerican about what recently happened in Venezuela, your “argument” feels pretty much like an attack filled with hate, while on the receiving end that impoliteness towards this person is more about frustration and a negation of the whole reality they’re living. Violence by oppressors is hate, violence against oppressors is liberation. Of course no one is going to topple the US empire discussing online, but to illustrate my point a bit.
The thing is that Lemmy.ml is a general purpose instance, it’s not about promoting Marxism, but still it upholds values that for certain people look like inconceivable requisites. We do not ask you to become a communist, but simply to understand that the rules based order imposed by the US do not apply here. We want to hear what oppressed people cannot say elsewhere.
I used that comment as a ban but honestly I could have chosen any, they were all over the community commenting all sorts of things.
they are going to sell greenland, they are not going to offer protection. wait a few weeks and see the truth brother. so they are not going to be protected, they are not going to have sovereignty and they will be an american colony. so much for your theory
literally usonians: please bring back the wholesome pdf dalailama!