I for one have stopped posting any content to lemmy.ml communities.

  • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 hours ago

    Something about .ml and MLs in general is that they really just aren’t that large a group. If we want larger communities, Reddit is still much bigger than Lemmy. If we want a flawed ally in politics, progressive liberals outnumber Leninists and are far less likely to deliberately betray us. (That’s why MLs always equate Liberalism with fascism; if people can ally with Liberals MLs have basically nothing they can bring to a coalition, and so they can’t seize power.)

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      2 hours ago

      Unless you are a diehard right-winger, Liberals will always be more likely to betray you than anyone on the left. The causality is backwards here, liberals will always side with fascists over the left, thus they are identified as moderate-fascists. Just like how the Democrats want nothing more than to just be polite Republicans.

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        59 minutes ago

        anyone on the left

        Tankies aren’t leftists. Even assuming your statement is true, it doesn’t matter.

        liberals will always side with fascists over the left

        Spanish Civil War.

        thus they are identified as moderate-fascists

        That’s not how being a political ally works. That’s just such a stupid take.

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          9 minutes ago

          yes they are, Tankie has become so abused and meaningless as now only means anything to the left of Dick Cheney or not going along with US foreign policy.

          Spanish Civil War, where the Soviet Union was the only foreign power to give large amounts of aid to the Republicans and France and Britain sat out, and US oil and other business interests backed Franco. Where there were divisions over tactics and priorities but where communists fought with the Republicans, and it is largely after the defeat and popularizers like Orwell that a stabbed in the back myths about communists came to prominence. Yes, the liberals were not a complete monolith, so there were some liberals with the Republicans.

          I am being short and glib since I was just responding to an epically dumb post. but if you want to know how fascism is a necessary outgrowth of liberalism and the need to protect and serve capitalism leads liberalism towards fascism in crisis.

          https://www.amazon.com/Apprentices-Sorcerer-Tradition-Critical-Sciences/dp/1608462021

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      12 hours ago

      Famously loyal and trustworthy liberals will never deliberately betray you lmao. Just hope they never find out if you have to break a law the fascists draw up to protect yourself or others 🚔🚔🚔

      And hope that you’re not part of whichever group they’re throwing under the bus to appease the fascists either.

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        3 hours ago

        Liberals are trustworthy in the sense that whatever progressive policies they are capable of enacting will be done so with the assurance that grandma’s access to medication will not be impeded.

        Communists are trustworthy in the sense that they absolutely intend to burn everything down to reshape the world in their image, and no sacrifice made in accomplishing that is too great.

        Kind of obvious why people support a coalition with liberals more, huh?

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      16 hours ago

      If we want a flawed ally in politics, progressive liberals outnumber Leninists and are far less likely to deliberately betray us.

      Who are ‘you’ in this equation? A boat dealership owner?

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          5 hours ago

          Never leave your mind palace. You’re the smartest person alive. You can write political theory completely on your own without ever looking out at the outside world just in your own head. It’s always perfect. You never have to define terms. You never have to explain mechanisms. And don’t you dare ever expose it to danger. Stay pithy my friend.