tiredturtle

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[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml -5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Liberalism, at its core, is an ideology of emancipation that historically sought to dismantle oppressive hierarchies and champion freedom and equality for all. While some argue that liberalism centers on private property and has been co-opted to justify systems like chattel slavery, labor exploitation, and enclosure, this reflects a distortion of liberalism's original emancipatory intent. True liberalism—like anarchism—opposes the concentration of power that limits individual freedom, whether by monarchs, states, or capitalists. Though the liberal tradition has been manipulated to defend private property at the expense of broader freedoms, its true essence aligns with rejecting systems of exploitation and inequality. Similarly, leftist movements rooted in the fight against oppression are fundamentally incompatible with being anti-freedom, illiberal, authoritarian, or reactionary. Leftism, when consistent with its ideals, seeks to expand liberty and dismantle all hierarchies that restrict universal freedom.

Nobody is free until everyone is.

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Don't assume then, phallasy-based emotional reaction attacks are useless diversions. Learn theory, learn communication, learn.

Edit: lol the irony, those tactics aren't clever

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

He killed loyal communists, many falsely accused of treason, and became the poster boy of the Red Scare, providing anti-communists with propaganda to equate socialism with totalitarianism. His oppressive policies, human rights abuses, and betrayal of socialist principles alienated global leftist movements and set back the progress of socialism by decades.

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Vaporizing and edibles are more good than bad. Pretty much harmless in moderation. Just have your life in order first and use it to add that extra spice of awareness, instead of relying on it.