Cowbee [he/him]

I have a PC that can push 4k120, it’s overblown and a luxury if anything.

The Steam Deck is absolutely strong enough for “proper gaming,” whatever that means.

Enshittification. Welcome to the non-stop slide.

Becoming a Communist.

That, and increased gaming support, and a Thinkpad that struggled over time given renewed life with Arch.

It’s not “almost every instance,” it’s largely Lemmy.world. hexbear defederated from some other instances, but most major instances are, in fact, federated with Hexbear.

Hexbear was not federated with any instances at all for years until about a year ago in the first place.

Lenin’s concept of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat was intended to be a temporary system intended on rapid development and growth of the economy. It was more important to try and stop starvation and establish railroads than build worker co-ops. The mistake was when the leaders that came after decided to never cede power back to the working class.

Marx came up with the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, not Lenin, and it didn’t mean Dictatorship over the Proletariat, but of the Proletariat, as a contrast to the Capitalist Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie.

The DotP is not to stop starvation or anything, it’s to protect against the resurgance of Capitalism. It additionally wasn’t meant to be “ceded back to the working class,” but become unnecessary as the mechanisms for Capitalism to come back were erased.

Neither Marx nor Lenin were advocating for literal modern conceptions of dictatorship, but consolidating all power away from the bourgeoisie and into the hands of the Proletariat.

What’s “SA”, by the way? Are we also supposed to ban “sexual abuse” in an appropriate context?

You clearly know, so why ask?

Of course I am not an enemy of victims of sexual abuse, though I am quiet clearly an outspoken enemy of such “woke” or “leftist” ideologies.

You didn’t need to outright state that you’re a bad person, that was self-evident by batting for normalization of rape.

Quite a lot of “citation needed” here, along with a weird obsession with fignting for your right to be an enemy of victims of SA. Touch grass.

None of that actually addresses my points, you’re just finger-wagging at me for being “woke.”

If you could make a coherent point we could have a discussion.

Additionally, referencing likes/dislikes is pointless, I could just as easily point to how your comments have worse ratios than mine.

What do you mean “free?” I don’t control him, but the fact is that using words that bring up topics of SA despite that being an extremely sensitive subject is a bad thing.

There is nothing to be gained at best, and at worst you’ve resurfaced horrifying memories for others.

Basic human decency, which is why OP quickly changed it and everyone is on the same page.

Because it normalizes a word and desensitizes it, making it less likely for victims to stand up. It can also bring up horrifying memories in SA survivors.

There exist negative words that do not share the same mass systemic connotations. It’s generally better to use words that don’t bring with them the same issues.

Thanks!

Please don’t use “rape” as a casual negative verb, there are better, more accurate words to use that don’t needlessly reference SA.

Would like to know too! I use a proprietary OS for now and want to jump ship with my next phone.

Dumber than a box of rocks.

I generally don’t.

I don’t believe social democracy or democratic socialism are enough, but if they are baby steps against Imperialism then I think it’s a good move, if only to later hope for a Marxist revolution. That’s really my core point, I suppose.

Thanks for the discussion!

I want to start this off by reponding to your closer, I agree entirely, this is a good-faith convo I appreciate among fellow Marxist comrades, and I do enjoy it!

I ageee that it isn’t ideal to pick between the lesser of two evils, but I believe one can support a lesser of two evils between 2 evils while supporting good revolutionary or corrective movements within.

As for the bit on Social Democracy within the periphery, I know it isn’t Socialism and will never be Socialism, but third world Social Democracies do help focus on domestic nationalization and throw off Imperialism from the Global North. Those movements against Imperialism in my opinion are much better than going along with it, as they increase the revolutionary potential in their neighbors and former Imperialists.

It’s like a multi-layered level of support, there are very few truly hard-line Marxist movements, so we have to work with what exists presently. We can advocate for better while also critically supporting movements that would better allow better movements later.

Kinda like supporting Palestine. Even if Hamas is reactionary, Palestine will never move forward socially until it throws off its oppressors, which is why supporting Palestinian Liberation is straightforward.

I appreciate your thoughts!

So it seems to me that we are in agreement that the PRC is certainly not full Socialism, and definitely has more internal than external funding. In this instance, in a contradiction between US and PRC hegemony, would the Global South be better off with the PRC or US as the global superpower? I understand that we do not fully support the PRC, as it is revisionist in many ways and does enact some level of Imperialism, but in contrast to the US it focuses on Peace and internal development, rather than forever wars.

I guess if we can both agree that neither are good that’s a step forward, but I see the PRC as a lesser evil in the global context. It certainly isn’t a strong ally for the Global South, but seems to present fewer challenges for the Global South to throw off the reigns of Imperialism themselves and transition to a Social Democracy, or even Socialism outright.

I really do think that’s the point here with the PRC vs the US.

What are your thoughts on that?

By your definition all states are authoritarian, it doesn’t matter if I want a democratic state or not, that’s authoritarian in the eyes of an Anarchist.

Council Communists get a pass because they are relegated purely to academia and never to praxis, seemingly.