• JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    It can be toxic here too. I had my misadventure with a bunch of “experts” absolutely sure that the future is communism and “stupid you brainwashed fool” if you don’t get it.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      Communism is the logical progression of society. It isn’t a certainty, but the alternative in the long-run is disaster and barbarism.

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        1 day ago

        Sure, but there’s a lot of side paths to Communism that have resulted in genocide and environmental destruction. People need to be more skeptical of the flag bearers of Communism rather then treating it like a sport were they pick a side.

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          The vast majority of Marxist-Leninists don’t treat it as a sport where we pick a side. MLs are fully capable of recognizing progressive movements like Cuba, the USSR, and PRC, and recognizing faux-communism a la the Gonzaloite terrorists of the Shining Path in Peru or Pol Pot the mass murderer. These latter two were not successful applications of Marxism, but deviations far beyond the norm.

          Communism remains to be the logical progression of society. As production continues to centralize and class struggle heightens, the more necessary revolution and sublimating property into collective ownership and a common plan becomes. It’s as much economically compelled as it is morally. The alternative, again, is barbarism as capitalism crumbles under its own unsustainability.

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      2 days ago

      Oh I remember that, lol. It was a bunch of people giving long, well thought out explanations of their position to you, and you responding by ignoring them and insulting them.

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      1 day ago

      .ml and shit talking communism.

      As far as I understand that’s about as stupid of a move as you can make.

      Your basically on the literal communism is awesome instance.

      • JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml
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        1 day ago

        .ml and shit talking communism.

        Actually the worst appears to be hexbear that I blocked entirely.

        Quite frankly I don’t care much. I actually enjoy being exposed to different views, and I can ignore extremism quite easily.