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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.

Serious posts, news, and discussion go in c/Socialism.

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

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0. Only post socialist memes


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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That means condemning (their) imperialism, even if it is of the "anti-USA" flavor.


3. No liberalism, (right-wing) revisionism or reactionaries.


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The only dangerous minority is the rich.


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We must constructively learn from their mistakes, while acknowledging their achievements and recognizing when they have strayed away from socialist principles.

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Notable achievements in all spheres of society were made by various socialist/people's/democratic republics around the world. Mistakes, however, were made as well: bureaucratic castes of parasitic elites - as well as reactionary cults of personality - were established, many things were mismanaged and prejudice and bigotry sometimes replaced internationalism and progressiveness.



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Oh hey, also the same thing with environmental issues

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Next you're going to tell me you can solve homelessness by giving people housing

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes. But in more controversial news, you can solve hunger with.... money!

It's like giving people money empowers them to choose to fix their problems, most important ones first.

The surprising bit is that drug use rates drop substantially if people can cope with everyday life.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

Drug use rates also decrease with accessible medical and mental health care. It's almost like treating the cause works better than punishing the symptoms...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well then, seems to me like money itself is the issue

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who'd've thunk it?

Problem: poverty.
Solution: money.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Problem: no money

Solution: you guessed it it's money

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Problem: money

Solution: get rid of money.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Obviously, we should stop people from sleeping outside by adding pikes everywhere. That's how you solve the problem!