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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the "ML" influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.

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If you are new to socialism, you can ask questions and find resources over on c/Socialism101.

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That refers to funny image macros and means that generally videos and screenshots are not allowed. Exceptions include explicitly humorous and short videos, as well as (social media) screenshots depicting a funny situation, joke, or joke picture relating to socialist movements, theory, societal issues, or political opponents. Examples would be the classic case of humorous Tumblr or Twitter posts/threads. (and no, agitprop text does not count as a meme)


1. Socialist Unity in the form of mutual respect and good faith interactions is enforced here


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[–] xionzui@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (20 children)

Proceed to cause an even bigger preventable genocide…

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 0 points 8 months ago (19 children)

This...anyone who thinks the alternatives will be 'better' is flat out fucking delusional.

Biden's done some pretty revolutionary (for the US) reforms, especially for workers

[–] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (18 children)

100% agree. Is Biden perfect? Hell no, not even close. Is he light-years better than the only other possibility? Absolutely, and we've got to make sure he wins because the alternative is too horrible to contemplate.

[–] kriz@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Is Biden perfect? No, he just continues to over and over again over months and months to commit genocide! He also does good things! He's getting the trains to run on time!

[–] Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Who are you voting for instead of biden???

[–] kriz@slrpnk.net 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the world needs more from you than just voting and stanning for the lesser evil

[–] Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] kriz@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

why? it's pretty irrelevant to what I'm talking about. Not Trump if that's what you are wondering

[–] Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago

It's extremely relevant, because if you remotely understand the threat trump poses, you will be supporting biden and what you're doing right now is discouraging support under the assumption the biden admin or dems in general give a shit about opinions on online, let alone lemmy.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 0 points 7 months ago

Trumps genocide will be ten times worse than Biden’s genocide…..

What the actual frek are you saying

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip -1 points 8 months ago

You think Trump will do any better?

Biden is a fucking Saint compared to Trump. You can complain about the US 2 party system all you want. But the fact remains that:

Not preventing genocide >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not preventing genocide, actively disassembling democracy, bringing back fascism, collaborating with active war criminals like Putin, fraud, raping, xenophobia, and promoting almost all that is awful in the world.

[–] keepthepace@slrpnk.net -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Helping Israel commit genocide" has been ever US president's policy for decades at least. Deciding that suddenly this is unacceptable, but only for the left-wing candidate is sus as hell.

[–] kriz@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

yes it has been every presidents policy, and it's always been unacceptable. the current crisis is particularly Bad because it has been sped up by a factor of about 100. 10000 children dead in 4 months. Biden is a monster.

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