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Lefty Memes

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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.

Please don't forget to help keep this community clean by reporting rule violations, updooting good contributions and downdooting those of low-quality!

Rules

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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)


0.5 [Provisional Rule] Use alt text or image descriptions to allow greater accessibility


We require alternative text (from now referred to as "alt text") to be added to all posts/comments containing media, such as images, animated GIFs, videos, audio files, and custom emojis.
EDIT: For files you share in the comments, a simple summary should be enough if they’re too complex.

We are committed to social equity and to reducing barriers of entry, including (digital) communication and culture. It takes each of us only a few moments to make a whole world of content (more) accessible to a bunch of folks.

When alt text is absent, a reminder will be issued. If you don't add the missing alt text within 48 hours, the post will be removed. No hard feelings.


1. Socialist Unity in the form of mutual respect and good faith interactions is enforced here


Try to keep an open mind, other schools of thought may offer points of view and analyses you haven't considered yet. Also: This is not a place for the Idealism vs. Materialism or rather Anarchism vs. Marxism debate(s), for that please visit c/AnarchismVsMarxism.


2. Anti-Imperialism means recognizing capitalist states like Russia and China as such


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


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


That includes so called: Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism, Dengism, Market Socialism, Patriotic Socialism, National Bolshevism, Anarcho-Capitalism etc. . Anti-Socialist people and content have no place here, as well as the variety of "Marxist"-"Leninists" seen on lemmygrad and more specifically GenZedong (actual ML's are welcome as long as they agree to the rules and don't just copy paste/larp about stuff from a hundred years ago).


4. No Bigotry.


The only dangerous minority is the rich.


5. Don't demonize previous and current socialist experiments or (leading) individuals.


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

(if you are reading the rules to apply for modding this community, mention "Mantic Minotaur" when answering question 2)


6. Don't idolize/glorify previous and current socialist experiments or (leading) individuals.


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.



  1. Absolutely no posts or comments meant to relativize(/apologize for), advocate, promote or defend:

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is it because they aren't attracted to adults or because they don't like a woman reaching an age where she can make her own decisions?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Autonomy and agency are total dealbreakers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or perhaps it's just an unrelated coincidence?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tangentially related is related.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You'd need some assumptions but you're not wrong

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Such immature insults with unsavoury implicit messages. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to hate conservatism. Implicitly calling all conservatives (you can never extrapolate anything besides the thing that binds them to a large group) either teenagers or ephebophiles (it's not clear which, although I suppose teenagers are usually ephebophiles anyway), is obviously untrue, and also wouldn't be an insult if it was, since ageism doesn't make good insults, and neither is calling someone an ephebophile, since it means nothing as long as they don't act on any illegal impulses.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not sure if butthurt pedo or conservative but the unironic use of the word ephebophile is a great hint.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

yeah that part definetly made me raise an eyebrow

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, I didn't think the post was implying pedophile, is all. But maybe you thought it was, I guess it's up to one own's interpretation.

And by the way, I myself am neither a conservative nor a pedophile, but I don't like the way the internet has demonized even celibate pedophiles.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I love how you get downvoted for stating the obvious. Oh someone does not like tattoos and/or piercings? That person must be the devil himself! Absurd. Focus on actual arguments instead of such nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Have you ever looked at the name of this community?

Lefty Memes

And the sidebar?

This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TIL I'm conservative because tattoos are unattractive to me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same, if I wanted you to be naked then I want you to be naked

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Joke kinda falls flat cause minors can get both tattoos and piercings with parental permission…

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

And in some states (guess which ones), a marriage certificate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think some states let you get them with parental permission

Or maybe all those girls I saw in middle school with earrings just had it done at home?