Requesting a community for discussing socialism in Australia

8 months ago by star to c/meta

edit: changed proposed title to /c/aussocialism. Thanks Zagorath!

There are a few users on here, including myself, who discuss socialist politics. While some topics are interesting and relevant enough to post in other news and politics communities, others might only be interesting to other socialists, such as updates on local political organisations, discussing how theories apply to our economy, or drier historical questions. Consider /r/AustralianSocialism for some examples.

This community will be strictly for Aus/Oceania-specific posts, as there are plenty of communities on other instances for general memes, overseas politics, etc.

Gorgritch_umie_killa 8 points 8 months ago

I'll be interested to read comparisons and contrasts with pacific island nation social structures with socialist theories. Considering a lot of those structures are an amalgam of Islander traditions influenced by imported organisational systems I'd imagine theres some very striking similarities and other parts that aren't so similar.

Never went on r/aussocialism, so i don't know what that was like, but a lot of these communities on lemmy I find can be very doctrinal or even dogmatic.

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eureka 7 points 8 months ago

Yeah, that'd be nice it have. I'm happy to mod if you ever need an extra.

It'd be good to set it up early before a sectarian or reactionary group tries to do it, like we saw with /r/asksocialists (blatantly co-opted into an ACP grifter ad since late-2025). That said, I also think a more human site like aussie.zone would kick anyone who tried to turn a comm into an ad like that.

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Gorgritch_umie_killa 5 points 8 months ago

I think a community should definitely aim to have a small team of moderators who have a longish history on the server. You want people who understand what aussie.zones about in a situation where sudden growth of Lemmy were to occur.

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MisterFrog 3 points 8 months ago

The refreshing part of having met people IRL in Australia, I think, is the majority of socialist identifying people in Australia don't have a hard-on for authoritarian regimes just because they claim to be socialist or are an enemy of the US (because apparently the US are the only imperialists... lol).

Though I have met a handful of such people IRL also, funnily enough, from the Australian Communist Party haha

I also vote on wanting this new community, mostly because lemmy.ml doesn't really align with the majority view of socialists (at least, that's my sense)

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eureka 3 points 8 months ago

also, funnily enough, from the Australian Communist Party haha

Just in case it was confusing, my comment was referring to the "American Communist Party" (known for "MAGA Communism").

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MisterFrog 3 points 8 months ago

"MAGA Communism"

Today I wish-I-didn't Learn

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Zagorath 6 points 8 months ago

Can I recommend the name be something more like aussocialism? Personally I find it more useful if the name of the community itself, not just the combination of name + domain, tells you the subject? It's not as common on aussie.zone, but there are definitely general-purpose communities on feddit.uk, feddit.nl, lemmy.ca, and midwest.social, so it is helpful to give the community a name that makes its purpose clear without needing to read the sidebar.

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star 6 points 8 months ago

Fair point, agreed and edited the post.

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Fleur_ 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah sounds good, I really don't want another .ml shit fuck fest though

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MisterFrog 2 points 8 months ago

I'd argue the push behind this would be so we don't have to post to .ml with all the tankies who think Stalin was a swell dude (this is hyperbole, because of course not all the users believe the same thing, but the point does still stand).

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MisterFrog 2 points 8 months ago

@lodion@aussie.zone can we has? Do we have sufficient upvotes?

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lodion 2 points 8 months ago

I've created /c/aussocialism , but consider it on probation. Political ideology communities can be a lightning rod for trolls and general drama. I don't want either here. If it becomes an issue I'll shut down the community and it can find a new home.

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MisterFrog 2 points 8 months ago

If you need moderators to keep within the server rules, I'd be happy to volunteer (as I imagine @Zagorath@aussie.zone, @star@aussie.zone, @eureka@aussie.zone might also volunteer)

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Zagorath 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah absolutely I'd be willing to do my part there if needed.

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star 1 point 8 months ago

Yes please!

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star 1 point 8 months ago

Sorry for the delayed reply, I didn't see this comment until now.

I'd say none of us want any drama either, and that's one of the reasons I wanted to make clear upfront that it'd be strictly about Aus-focused discussions. If I get the support of other moderators, we can gladly emphasise that we're on probation, that drama, infighting and troll-feeding won't be tolerated, and create rules to promote a respectful community.

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lodion 1 point 8 months ago

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MisterFrog 1 point 8 months ago

Political ideology communities can be a lightning rod for trolls and general drama

Yeah fair enough. Thanks for giving it a shot though :)

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