• ☭CommieWolf☆@lemmygrad.ml
    25·
    17 days ago

    I know we have a lot of Statseian comrades on here, especially now after the deprogram sub ban, and this might be controversial to say, considering the state of the place over the past day or so, but I really don’t care about Charlie Kirk enough to see how it warrants this much meme posting when there is so much other concerning shit going on at the moment.

    It makes me wonder if there is a concentrated effort by the powers that be to latch onto this story and push it to the forefront of western discussion to distract from something actually important, like Poland potentially triggering war with Russia, or the fact that the civilian aid flotilla to Gaza has been getting relentlessly firebombed, or that theres a color revolution in Nepal underway right this moment.

    I was hoping to find some discussions on these things from a socialist standpoint, but it’s wall to wall kirkposting so far. idk, seems fishy.

    • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
      16·
      17 days ago

      I’m pretty indifferent to this type of US domestic drama, but i think a day or two of discussion is fine, we can allow our comrades from the US that much as a treat. But yeah, after that the news cycle needs to move on, there are much more important things happening in the world.

    • SmallBear@lemmygrad.ml
      12·
      17 days ago

      Yeah, honestly I agree. I mean I kinda get it, but it’s a huge amount of posting for a (relatively) minor event. I logged in today mostly to see if anyone was talking about Poland and I was met with a barrage of posts about a guy in the US getting shot. I dunno, I’m not convinced he deserves the fanfare.

      • ☭CommieWolf☆@lemmygrad.ml
        11·
        17 days ago

        Yeah, exactly how I felt. I was thinking “damn, Israel just bombed Qatar, I’d like to see what Lemmygrad thinks”, and it’s the same meme 50 times over.

        I don’t even think the Luigi incident got this much when it happened, and imo that was actually more worthy of being memed since it was in a way actually useful as agitprop.

      • ☭CommieWolf☆@lemmygrad.ml
        1·
        16 days ago

        I’m wondering if it merits a megathread, but honestly, I think the old saying should be applied here:

        The opposite of love is indifference

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    21·
    18 days ago

    Be me, activist

    Want to debate some libs

    Set up a tent that says ‘Prove me wrong’

    Talk about gun violence

    Get shot

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    15·
    17 days ago

    The city government cut down trees in my city to make way for some dumb public transport adjustment despite the neighborhood and experts agreeing that it is not necessary. They went ahead anyway and the neighbourhood protested. A huge police force showed up to intimidatie and abuse the protesters. Our local party leader for arrested and held in captivity for up to 8 hours for whatever bullshit they could come up with.

    The government held a city hall meeting the other day and our party asked questions and wanted apologies. The city government just went: ‘this is the only way to get things done’.

    Now, this is about some trees, but it’s concerning how the city sees intimidating and abusing residents as a way to get things done.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    16 days ago

    So our party has a festival this weekend. But at the same time a neolib party has one too.

    For fun I looked up their programme. It includes debates called:

    Woke, end of freedom?

    What’s a human life worth?

    5% GDP to defense?

    Are young people not willing to work?

    What’s the government not supposed to take care off?

    You can’t make this shit up man.

  • Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    16 days ago

    It looks like Nepal just “elected” a new leader via a discord vote of 5000 people (total pop. 30 Million). How this is even viewed as a legitimate means of selecting a leader is beyond me.

    Yes, that discord app.

  • SoylentSnake@lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    20 days ago

    should all go as planned, i’m going to be a full member of PSL in the very foreseeable future! it’s not much in the grand scheme of the struggle, but working with and connecting with a community of beautiful souls who are genuinely committed to building this thing right here in the backyard of my smallish city has really been something 🥲

      • SoylentSnake@lemmygrad.ml
        1·
        20 days ago

        TY Cowbee!! 🫂 i hope your own journey into grasstouching organizing has been going well (we spoke about it for a bit on one of my many short-lived, follow-up hexbear accounts lol). once you get past the social anxiety hump, i’m sure your genuine, sincere kindness and comradely nature will be not just an organizational asset, but a real source of joy for your IRL comrades <3

  • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    12·
    16 days ago

    It’s really nice to see this board get an injection of life from the shuttering of the DeProgram. It’s actually really scary as I had to end up saving a lot of the content about DPRK that was on there. If some of you aren’t aware already, we have a wiki of our own! Prolewiki!

    Awesome resource for reading about theory, M-L perspective and debunking your typical anti-communist myths, just like the DeProgram had!

    In the end I think it’s better more and more people can get away from a censored, controlled environment where you can freely speak your opinion on the death of fascists and zionists without a ban. Wasn’t it such a smart idea of Reddit to do this?

  • Joesteele1997@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    15 days ago

    Whether it be juche or socialism with Chinese characteristics I’m going to support any kind of socialism either way because I know it’s the step in the right direction and I feel if you don’t you have taken a revisionist stance

  • sunbleachedfly@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    9·
    20 days ago

    I got a new job y’all! Thanks for the well wishes last week. Comes with a decent raise, better benefits, unionized, more predictable schedule, & less job responsibilities. It’s also good for a resume builder to get where I want to go in my career. Very happy.

    I start my vacation now - my cousin is gonna do my hair & I’m gonna take a nice long day trip on Wednesday. Then I leave the state to visit my best friend for a few days. Things are looking up!