Those who can work, should. Those who cannot should be taken care of by those who can. Comprehensive training programs and free education helps both, as well as subsized or free necessities.

1. The devs are communists.

2. Using Lemmy over Reddit is already an ideological choice for many of us, ergo you will find people with a stronger ideological backbone here.

3. Conditions in the English-Speaking world are getting more dire. The US Empire is struggling to prop itself up, billionaires control more and more of the wealth while working class folks control less and less, and more people are getting involved in reading theory and organizing.

4. Many leftist subreddits were shut down and fled to Lemmy, the same has not happened to the same degree for right-wing subreddits.

It’s as simple as that, really. I suggest you start reading some leftist theory, I made a Marxism-Leninism Beginner Reading List to help people who want to start doing that (comes with audiobook versions, too).

Also, your insinuation that those of us more politically active must be young and not worldly is infantilizing bullshit.

And yes, I know what community this is in, this is more for others to see if they genuinely have the same questions.

Super cool! I love resource efficient projects in general.

Sure? Balkanization seems like a good way to speed up the process of the Empire collapsing.

Depends on the application. It’s a tool that has necessary use cases, but just like you don’t need a sledgehammer for a nail, you can certainly make things worse by using it, or slip into excess. I support the right of the oppressed to use violence to liberate themselves, and the right of those to use violence to free the oppressed.

The old one is also seen as as bad as the flag of Nazi Germany in East and Southeast Asia. Imperial Japan was extremely brutal, and the use of the rising sun flag in modern times is a symbol of fascism in Japan, like the swastika.

Lemmy has a much higher proportion of Marxists to other users than Reddit does, so the anti-Marxism is also pretty high in response.

Supporting Palestine is not “pointless.”

Supporting Palestine is not “pointless.”

Support for Palestine at a time when Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians and launched an unprovoked war on Iran is a good thing. Fascism will find excuses to target you anyways, the answer isn’t to play ball, but to seek safety in numbers and organizing. Rallying around correct messaging is the point of protest, not just saying “we are mildly upset but don’t want to actually do anythint!”

Lemmy.world leans right overall, so I’d say you’re already there. If you want far-right, there are very few areas on Lemmy, so you’d be better off peering into Reddit for that.

You can definitely call Marxism and Anarchism Left. Leftism starts at anti-Capitalism, and both Marxism and Anarchism make up the largest and most significant umbrellas of Leftism.

The biggest thing is that, ultimately, it’s the economic forces that drive development. It wasn’t a coincidence that slavery was abolished when it was, it was driven by economic changes towards Capitalism and away from feudal and slave-driven economies, driven in turn by improvements in technology and the accumulation of the bourgeoisie. The class dynamics and economic structures at play are what makes the biggest impact on policy.

No problem! Solarpunk is an aesthetic-based social movement surrounding solar energy and climate activism, in a short descriptor. You can see the instance to see what I mean.

Here’s a tool to find instances. I recommend sorting by most active, and checking whichever looks interesting to you.

Lemmy.zip is a common broadly federated instance I think, but really, I’d suggest looking into instances aligned most with the type of content you like to see.

Sure, that’s a point I agree with, but that wasn’t how you made that point, which is what I disagreed with.

What do you mean by “authoritarian” vs “libertarian,” then? In which respect, and for which class of society? Capitalism is authoritarian for the working class, and Socialism is authoritarian for the bourgeoisie, but Capitalism is libertarian for the bourgeoisie and Socialism is libertarian for the working class. That’s my point, really, terms like “authoritarian” vs “libertarian” don’t really describe anything at a useful level.

For example, when comparing Anarchists with Marxists, Anarchists take the stance that horizontalism is necessary, while Marxists see centralization as a necessity. However, this centralization in Marxist Socialism means each worker has more of a say across society, while workers in Anarchist society have more say over a smaller area. That also is ignoring that Marxists typically break things up into local, regional, national, and international levels. These aren’t “libertarian” vs “authoritarian” decisions, but decisions about how power should be structured, not where along a scale they reside.

The Political Compass, really, is just political astrology. People like to be sorted based on quizzes, that’s it. There’s no real political theory behind it. Whenever I take the test, I land solidly lib and max left, but I’m a Marxist-Leninist and support AES. It will then say those same systems I support are max authleft or somewhere up there. It’s all a vibe check made by liberals.

1. It’s not all federated together, Lemm.ee is more broadly federated than Lemmy.world, as an example. Lemm.ee can see Hexbear and Lemmygrad, you cannot, as a quick example. Federation and defederation policy dramatically impacts the experience.

2. Many instances are specialized, like Lemmygrad with Marxism-Leninism, slrpnk.net with Solarpunk, mander.xyz with science, Hexbear as a left-unity instance, etc. Browsing locally is a fun experience for those into the instance subject.

3. Some instances have only upvotes and no downvotes, some don’t show vote totals period, or have other front-facing features. Some offer emojis, like Hexbear.net.

And more! All good reasons to put some thought in.

Marxists do not seek “domination” of others, nor do Socialist countries extract “rent.” Using a portion of the social fund to create infrastructure, social safety nets, advance productivity via new Capital, and more are not the same as a landlord extracting surplus value on the basis of owning a scarce resource like land. I think you’re confused on several areas, like what Marxists want, how Socialist states function, and what “rent” is. If you want, I have theory I can recommend for you.

Again, I repeat, “tankie” is a pejorative just like “commie” and “pinko,” it’s for Marxists. The overwhelming majority of Marxists and Marxist organizations support the PRC, Cuba, former USSR, etc, which are likely what you are hinting at as the “authoritarian regimes” Marxists support. Check all of the major Marxist orgs of note around the world, and the overwhelming majority support “AES,” or Actually Existing Socialism.