Lol I’m not crying “SOCIALISM!” because someone recommended taking care of poor people. And maybe it’s just the communities on lemm.ee, maybe it’s because I interact with the communities more because I can’t bite my tongue. But I come across way more communist communities than anything else. Your instance matters. I see a lot of communist communities. As an anarchist, the prevalence of communism on lemmy is troubling to me because I see huge flaws in the thinking and i want to see the left not follow down a doomed hierarchical road that has proven to be a failure over and over and over again.
Lemmy.world I think has banned most tankie subs. It wasn’t until the endless problems with lemmy.world that I switched over to lemm.ee and I see way more communist shit, but have way fewer connectivity issues.
What system do you think they are referring to as an anarchist? Anarchism is simply opposition to hierarchies that allow control over others, such as the control capitalists have over workers by owning the means of production and political forces. The system that anarchists advance in place of that can take an unlimited number of forms.
Communism traditionally is anarchist - hence the stateless society ideal. The big question has always been, how to get (or get back to) there. I think you and I see flaws with gradualism and incremental devolution of state and hierarchy, and that is definitely somewhere that I come into contrast with many other lefties on here.
I’m pretty big on anarchist communism, and also pretty weary of any compromise: Socialism, state-based communism, SocDem, and all the rest. But personally I feel like I have more in common with a Leninist or even a Maoist than any died-in-the-wool neoliberal.
Lol I’m not crying “SOCIALISM!” because someone recommended taking care of poor people. And maybe it’s just the communities on lemm.ee, maybe it’s because I interact with the communities more because I can’t bite my tongue. But I come across way more communist communities than anything else. Your instance matters. I see a lot of communist communities. As an anarchist, the prevalence of communism on lemmy is troubling to me because I see huge flaws in the thinking and i want to see the left not follow down a doomed hierarchical road that has proven to be a failure over and over and over again.
Hm might be. On lemmy, the instances you’re signed on significantly affect your experience.
Lemmy world and feddit never gave me such vibes tho. But it might also be because you’re indirectly looking for these confrontations.
Lemmy.world I think has banned most tankie subs. It wasn’t until the endless problems with lemmy.world that I switched over to lemm.ee and I see way more communist shit, but have way fewer connectivity issues.
Good to know
Instead you’d want everyone to adopt a system that literally can’t possibly work. Genius.
What system do you think they are referring to as an anarchist? Anarchism is simply opposition to hierarchies that allow control over others, such as the control capitalists have over workers by owning the means of production and political forces. The system that anarchists advance in place of that can take an unlimited number of forms.
Communism traditionally is anarchist - hence the stateless society ideal. The big question has always been, how to get (or get back to) there. I think you and I see flaws with gradualism and incremental devolution of state and hierarchy, and that is definitely somewhere that I come into contrast with many other lefties on here.
I’m pretty big on anarchist communism, and also pretty weary of any compromise: Socialism, state-based communism, SocDem, and all the rest. But personally I feel like I have more in common with a Leninist or even a Maoist than any died-in-the-wool neoliberal.
It’s the type of communism present on Lemmy that makes matters worse too…