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Val 58 points a year ago

and people complain about wayland.

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Val 29 points 2 years ago

I needed a small and quippy option for the meme, but I agree, in this context that would qualify as a "fix".

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Val 25 points 3 years ago

What's annoying is that we probably would be a whole lot closer to actual communism and anarchism if the bolsheviks never took power and destroy all the communism that was happening during the Russian revolution.

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Val 24 points 2 years ago

"That's rough buddy."

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Val 19 points 2 years ago

This is in the context of voting. Voting blue will achieve nothing other than delaying. The point of the meme is to encourage people to not just vote, but to actively engage in politics in order to make things better. Basically the same thing you said.

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Val 18 points 2 years ago

Yeah. I made It in inkscape. Happy you like it.

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Val 17 points 2 years ago

I probably should have put a check on the blue and remove the third option. That would have made it clearer.

Nothing wrong with snoozing. Just don't expect it to fix anything.

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Val 16 points a year ago

So here's a little bit of lemmy lore for you. You're instance lemmy.ml is considered to be a tankie instance by some users. lemmy.dbzer0.com is an anarchist instance. The user you responded to probably made a generalisation based on this and assumed you were familiar with anarchist/communist/socialist/leftist discourse. From this comment I assume they were wrong.

So on behalf of no-one but myself: Hello! Welcome to Anarchism! The belief that authority should not exist. This belief comes from a lot of different places and wears a lot of different faces. Most short explanations aren't sufficient and long explanation bore most. If you don't mind a little learning here is a link: https://anarchistfaq.org/afaq/sectionA.html#seca1 and another one https://crimethinc.com/... or if you like videos: https://youtu.be/lrTzjaXskUU.

Also a little bit about authority: people use authority to mean many things (this is even bought up in the video I linked above). But as far as anarchists are concerned (in general (no specific statement can be made about a group so vast)) authority is the act of coercing people to follow orders or commit involuntary acts. You're boss can coerce you to neglect your health by threatening to fire you. Your government can force you to obey gender roles by threatening to jail you. A rich person can make you do whatever demeaning thing they want by dangling money in front of you (for reference see mrbeast) because otherwise your landlord will kick you out. This is authority and it is wrong. Those in authority can make mistakes, become greedy and start to think they have the power to do whatever they want (mostly because they can). This leads to suffering. My meaning of life is to minimise suffering. Anarchy is the belief that no-one should hold power over others. That all leadership should be scrutinised. It rejects blind faith in single people and encourages to think for yourself so no-one can do you wrong. And if you can't be bothered, it encourages you to find people who genuinely care about you and let them stand up for you.

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Val 14 points 2 years ago

That is a fair point. Although there is a point to be made that "the system" is democracy and overthrowing a government that doesn't represent the population is a part of the system. But I agree that most people probably don't think that way.

If you can think of any improvements feel free to make changes and upload your own version.

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Val 11 points 2 years ago

I should post a follow-up saying "You don't have to listen to people that have no intention of listening to you".

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Val 11 points 2 years ago

I describe what I see. Ideology is backed by action. Actions committed in the name of an ideology is that ideology. You can say you're classless as much as you want but you won't be classless unless you act like it. And the state-apparatus creates a class of its own. This is all very classic anarchist theory.

Aren't the outcomes what's important? The reds will keep telling you that they can make statelessness using the state but I don't believe it possible. They can spout as much ideology as they want but that won't change the outcome.

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Val 10 points 2 years ago

Not my fault USA decided to use red for the conservatives, even though red as been the socialists' color since we began.

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Val 10 points 2 years ago

Left-Right (Left-Right) and Authoritarian-Libertarian (up-down).

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Val 10 points 2 years ago

saksa comes from saxony, which was historically a major power in the region. (My knowledge comes from CK2)

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Val 9 points 3 years ago

That is why I use anarchist instead. It means all of that while also making it clear that authoritarianism is not ok.

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Val 9 points 2 years ago

Anarchism. But it is meant to signify any kind of leftist ideology. I just chose anarchism.

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Val 9 points 2 years ago

One needs to listen to a neo-nazi to understand them, help them. The problem is that they won't listen to us because being angry is easier.

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Val 9 points a year ago

This is an anarchist comm. We aren't masquerading anything. We fight against all injustice: state, class, gender, sexuality. You know. Liberty for everyone equally.

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Val 8 points 2 years ago

The sidebar should cover that question. In case it doesn't here are some terms I think fall under that umbrella: socialist, anti-capitalist, anarchist.

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Val 8 points 2 years ago

No. We do not need cops. The police will always be a corrupt hand of state violence. As long as there are cops (as in special people who are allowed to use violence) in any form they will ultimately become corrupt. As long as law is enforced it is not equal, and it will never protect "the people". The people are the only ones that can protect "the people". You don't need cops, you need everyone to start policing people around them. That is the only way everyone gets protection.

ACAB! All power to all the people!

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