Comrade Spood

Even the father of capitalism thought landlords were parasites that only leeched off the economy

Rosa Luxemburg was based as hell. And that's coming from an anarchist.

They literally all copied the soviet union's homework (Marxist-Leninism), there are other theories that haven't had the chance to be tried. Like Council Communsim, Syndicalism, Libertarian Communism, Anarchism, etc. The failure of Marxist-Leninist countries proves Marxist-Leninism doesn't work. It doesn't prove that communism doesn't work

They've defederated from a bunch for no reason including lemmyunchained.net which is what I use. But I still see posts, why is that?

Redditors think they're better than everyone else. Lemmy users think they're better than Redditors and everyone else. Lemmy users are one step higher on the superiority complex totem pole

A tankie would be defending the soviet union. Tankie =/= communist. Tankie = authoritarian "communist"

Needs more content. Personally I'd like video hosting (i know thats a big ask). And some way to make instances less confusing for newcomers.

Green is science, yellow is history, blue is English, math is red

I had to lay down ground rules cause my gf bites me so much

Ignorance is bliss

Pretty much every revolution in history is that gamble. Plenty of times capitalist democracies have fallen to totalitarianism.

"anti-thoughts-and-prayers" I'm gonna use that now lol

I want a system that provides for the people who make it function. And I see that communism, if used in a centralized government, gives too much power to the politicians. It's a breeding ground for corruption and totalitarianism.

So to me the logical answer to that is have as decentralized a government as possible. And I think, if given the chance, people can and will organize themselves without the need of managers, bosses, or politicians. But it has to be natural, the people have to choose it. The CNT-FAI in the context of the Spanish Civil War is a good example of this.

But I know it's hard for people to view things beyond their own experiences. I started off as a trotskyist and slowly transitioned to more and more decentralized ideologies. It took me awhile till I finally understood the concept of anarchism and its arguments for how it could work. Because like many, I thought that without a government people would descend into chaos. What helped me was finding real world examples of anarchism in practice, like the CNT-FAI, Makhnovista, and Zapatistas (although they don't consider themselves anarchist)

I'm an anarcho-communist. I know response to that is you don't think it'd work on a country scale because people believe you need a government to organize a national system. Syndicalism would be the best, or council communism. Ultimately I think they too run too much of a risk of corruption and totalitarianism, hence why I'm an anarchist. But I do think they'd be less prone to it than any authoritarian communism or even the capitalist systems we have now due to their decentralized nature

A small instance where members vote on decisions regarding the instance. Haven't really had to vote on anything though cause it's so small and not a lot to vote on. But it's nice it's there for if we do need it.

What instances are doing that?

The Rojava Revolution in Syria, and the Zapatistas in Mexico seem to be promising. Not saying you should sign up for them or anything lol. But they are certainly worth looking at and learning from. Communism is experimental, and it's important to look at attempts at it and learn from their mistakes and successes.

I chose mine because it's one of the very few that gives the users decision making power by allowing them to vote on decisions.

I have that radio