Cowbee

Cowbee , vor 21 Tagen

Sounds like a fun and comfy gathering

Cowbee , vor 21 Tagen

Why?

Cowbee , vor 21 Tagen

Gam-Gam is fucking done with them bouegeois pigs

Cowbee , vor 21 Tagen

Why?

Cowbee , vor 22 Tagen

Maybe creating an ethno-state wasn't the best way to prevent genocide after all?

Cowbee , vor 22 Tagen

Genocide justifying Zionism

Lemmy.ca

About what I expected.

Cowbee , vor 22 Tagen

Alright, cleaned up take at least

Cowbee , vor 22 Tagen

You can advocate for dismantling the Israeli ethnostate without advocating for genocide of Israelis! Fun fact

Cowbee , vor 21 Tagen

Sure, but you can also do those things and advocate for Communism.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

Why would it not?

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 24 Tagen)

All in all, "Tankie" is just the modern version of "Pinko!" I've seen Anarchists called Tankies, every manner of Marxists, non-Marxist Socialists, and more. It truly lost all of its meaning and is just Lemmy's Red Scare.

A huge portion of that comes from Lemmy.world, which is the largest instance to defederate intentionally from Hexbear and Grad, which has the presumably unintended effect of making Zionists and other far-right wingers feel comfortable in an Anticommunist instance.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

Lemmy is going through an Anticommunist Red Scare right now, particularly on Lemmy.world.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

That's a fair enough critique. They definitely should have known what would happen, but this is more for the new users who came after defederation.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

Yep, it's disgusting to see.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

It is a Left-unity server, with Marxists and Anarchists alike. It is going to be political by nature of the instance.

If you don't care for politics, the Games community is very pleasant IMO, and if you're trans, traa is hosted over there and it's a very active community. Hexbear is largely self-contained and self-sufficient, there's more than just politics.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

I've seen Anarchists called "tankie" so at this point it either needs to be entirely redefined or done away with. Even suggesting people to read Marx can get you called a tankie these days.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

What's their history?

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

What is a "tankie?" Every person gives a different definition. It's like "woke."

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

They answered on the original post.

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

That's just sad, haha.

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

That's what happens when you defederate from pro-Marxist instances. Zionists and anti-Communists start joining this anti-Marxist space and you have a whole new Red Scare on your hands.

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

I've been called a Tankie for suggesting people read Marx, and I have seen Anarchists called Tankie before.

It seems that it's just a way to left-punch from liberals.

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

What would have been the non-tankie response to the Bay of Pigs?

Are liberals tankies because of the Kent State massacre? What about the American Civil War?

The same is obviously true of South Korea for their slaughter of leftists and pro-democracy liberals in Gwang-Ju via the Army.

Same also goes to Israel for murdering their own hostages and slaughtering Palestinians, and the US for supporting it.

Your answer is nice in that it's a definitive metric we can track, unlike vibes-based answers I usually see. However, it is extremely broad in scope.

Cowbee , vor 22 Tagen

It is my opinion that all violent events must be judged within their context and on a case by case basis. The Cuban government absolutely should have stopped the Bay of Pigs, while Chun Doo-Hwan absolutely should not have butchered his people.

As for Authoritarian, the word is usually thrown against Socialists without backing up what it means. If I say I am in favor of a Socialist Republic, which extends Democratic control to Production and eliminates the idea of the Wealthy influencing the state, does that make me an Authoritarian? Yes, according to those abusing the word Tankie.

For your question, leftism is support for Socialism and movements towards it, while rightism is support for Capitalism and movements towards it.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

Indie games are absolutely killing it these days, I love em. In Stars and Time, Animal Well, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, so many are fantastic.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

In Stars and Time is especially appropriate for Pride Month!

Disco Elysium is phenomenal as well.

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

Patient Gamers stay winning.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

It doesn't, it emphazes it and makes it a joke.

Genie: I will do any 3 things for you

Person: eliminate Capitalists

Genie: I'll give it to you for free, fuck the bourgeoisie

There's the joke.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

What "same mistakes?" Capitalism? Yes, I agree, we should abolish it and progress towards Socialism.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

This is partially true. Issues arose from trying to marry central planning with localized production, so there were a series of reforms that shifted the balance of control. This didn't end worker representation, it was a major shift that changed its form as the USSR industrialized and grew beyond where it once was.

Was it perfect and entirely democratic? No. Was it far more democratic than Capitalism? Absolutely, without question.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

It isn't, which is why much theory and practice has occured since the inception of these ideas, and grown over time.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

That's your right. I disagree, it's pretty funny.

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

Lemmy was made by Marxists, and the FOSS community itself has lots of Marxists and Anarchists.

It isn't that people here are willfully ignoring nuance, people have legitimate views that are considered extreme outside Lemmy, because Lemmy's structure brings them here instead of Reddit.

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

What does "Human Nature" have to do with organizational structures?

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

...why? What on Earth are you talking about? Is this mysticism or something?

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

Does it?

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

Where did you get yours?

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

Do you think Marx would disagree?

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

Marx would absolutely call bourgeois parties names, dude would've been a poster.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

Lemmy.world has become an anticommunist echo chamber, reasonable people don't stay there and anti-leftists feel more welcome there.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

What in the world are you on about? This is about how politicians will pay lip service to the public but will act in their own interestd, usually based on their donors.

I get that you're on Lemmy.world, where everyone outside of your anticommunist bubble everyone is a secret scary tankie, but this is even worse of a take than nornal.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

Yep. They defederated from Hexbear before ever being federated, haha.

I believe after they defed from Lemmy.ml, dbzer0 will be next, and maybe even Lemm.ee.

Ultimately, if you pretty much only punch left, you end up inviting fascists like Zionists to sit with you, leaving the most insuferable instance imaginable.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

I don't think you're going to find it easy to convince a Marxist to become an Anarchist by linking Anarchist theory.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 24 Tagen)

That is theory, what are you talking about?

Their point wasn't that Anarchism necessitates forced labor, but that historically Anarcho-Communists have employed Labor Camps, such as in Revolutionary Catalonia.

Examples are mentioned in With the Peasants of Aragon.

They are making the point that Anarchists are more than willing to be authoritarian when it benefits them and is immediately practical, despite cloaking themselves in an "anti-authority" robe, historically.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

I didn't throw that out, and neither did OurToothbrush.

Cowbee , vor 24 Tagen

The "tankie bubble" is Lemmy. Lemmy.ml doesn't defederate from larger instances, I see almost everything.

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

Both Hexbear and Lemmygrad are largely self-sufficient, some people likely have alts but the idea that they are "poisoning" Lemmy.ml is silly. Marxists have always been here.

Cowbee , vor 23 Tagen

Suggesting people read Marx gets you called a Tankie. I have even seen Anarchists get called Tankie. The term is meaningless at this point, and people attach a bunch of scary baggage to it as a way to pretend everything left of Liberalism is tankie.