Cowbee

@Cowbee@lemm.ee

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Cowbee, (edited )

How deep of an understanding do you have of these supposed proposed systems? As a leftist, the vast majority of mainstream leftist tendencies have strong theory that specifically deals with what you consider to be their ultimate flaw: an assumption of human good. It’s hard to actually answer for every single leftist Tendency, because you haven’t really given any specifics.

As for your second paragraph, there have been remarkably few countries that genuinely have tried Socialism, and all of them were developing countries. Don’t take this to mean that I’m a fan of Marxism-Leninism, but there are two prominent examples of countries that most would consider did in fact “work,” those being the USSR and China.

Again, not defending the USSR or China overall, but asking for clarification on your definition of working, as they were and are economically strong.

Your point about the top of the tree is, bluntly, extremely bad. You offer no explanation why a Socialist or Communist structure cannot be democratically accountable to any lesser degree than Capitalist structures, and assume absolute power. This goes directly against all leftist theory, even Marxism-Leninism, which is centered on the principles of Democratic Centralism.

Your point about Communism being “sharing everything and owning nothing” is also entirely incorrect, and further proves my point. The entire final paragraph is so divorced from any sense of actual leftist theory, that it can only be a product of someone fully believing a right-wing pundit’s propaganda, and not the actual primary sources for leftist tendencies, to the point where I’ll break down each sentence.

  1. Communism, principly, is a far-future status by which the whole of the productive forces can meaningfully provide whatever anyone wants at any time, and work is done for the pleasure of working, rather than for the necessity of being. As such, it must be built towards over a long period of Socialism, which is chiefly Worker Ownership of the Means of Production. Communism and Socialism are built on the idea of earning what you actually work for, rather than allowing individuals to own the products of other’s labor via ownership of the tools they use. You make the error of assuming immediate implementation of Communism, rather than gradual.
  2. We can partially agree on your second point, but given the actual structures proposed by various leftist tendencies, it doesn’t matter for this conversation, and you’ve yet to prove why.

Sorry for the wall of text! I truly think that you should talk to leftists, actually read some Marx, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Lenin, Luxembourg, and so forth, and actually get an idea of what the various leftist tendencies are actually saying. You don’t have to be a leftist, but you absolutely should understand leftism before attempting to disavow it entirely.

Cowbee,

It was founded by a Communist, and decentralization appeals to leftists. The non-Communist lemmy is Reddit, basically, or making your own instance or finding an anti-Communist instance.

Cowbee,

It’s not that complicated, go to an instance and sign up.

What actually dominates Lemmy are groups of people that value bottom-up organizational structures, decentralization, FOSS, and other general structural decisions made with creating Lemmy. This leaves people that like these principles, and actually care enough to move to an instance despite mass adoption of a more top-down, Capitalist site like Reddit.

Cowbee,

How do you account for the vast amount of anti-CPC Communists, Socialists, and Anarchists, if this “influence from a hostile government” is so effective? Might it be simpler to see that Capitalism’s increasing failure has driven more people in developed countries towards radicalization, especially as generations are further removed from the Red Scare?

Cowbee,

Yep, it’s been a massive improvement for me over Reddit on that end. No more doomscrolling, no more literally endless fights with strangers (still some ofc, but grass touching is back on the menu).

Cowbee,

People clearly support that, and it makes sense, considering Lemmy’s founder is a Communist and decentralization appeals to Leftists.

Cowbee,

I prefer social media not based on addiction. Lemmy has been much better for my lifestyle, than my reddit addiction.

Cowbee,

What, exactly, could be done to make it appeal to non-leftists, structurally? Addition of advertisers? Lol.

Cowbee,

Yep! Great points!

Another big point is that it’s a rejection of the profit motive, ie there’s not even a “small business” feeling like you say for me, but a far more genuine feeling. Nobody has tried to sell me anything here yet.

Cowbee,

The simple answer is that Communism does not in fact rely on everyone being perfect and unselfish. The complicated answer is telling you to go read Communist theory.

Why do you hold the belief that Communisn requires everyone be perfect and unselfish to function any more than Capitalism does? Can you describe the principle or structure that leads you to believe this?

Cowbee,

This meme is fake! Espresso only takes 15 minutes from start to end! At least, if you cut out preheating the machine…

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Cowbee,

Pour over is just a gateway drug to Espresso down the line, you either go for the simplified Aeropress or the complex espresso.

Cowbee,

100c water, 12g coffee per 200g water, pour 50g water into press then wait 30sec, stir, add the rest, add the press so the water doesnt flow, wait 2 more minutes then press down until hiss.

Easy peasy.

Cowbee,

Giga brain Chad over here! Nah, my partner and I wake up at different times, and she doesn’t even like coffee in the first place. I usually start preheating my machine before taking a shower in the morning, and that gives enough time for my flair to preheat. All I need to do is manually grind, start the kettle, and do my puck prep, then good to go!

It’s honestly a comfy ritual, plus you get to pull a great turbo shot every morning for pennies compared to even a Starbucks, for far better quality. Does it “save” money? No, but it’s a hobby I love!

Cowbee,

Yep, so I’m right, hexbear is just as much propaganda as, say, News, Worldnews, or any other political instance/community.

Lemmy is very politically active, because to choose lemmy is to reject Reddit. People pick Lemmy over reddit for political reasons, such as preferring FOSS and decentralization, which tend to align far more with leftist beliefs.

Case closed.

Cowbee,

Yes, but not in the same sense of “government sponsored bot propaganda,” and in the same sense as News and Worldnews are propaganda.

Hexbear is made up of users that genuinely seem to believe in their ideologies, rather than being sponsored by some state like others have implied.

Cowbee,

Not defending tankies, but do you think people on hexbear are paid to do so, or just have different political views? If your definition of propaganda is posting about your own specific political views, then pretty much everything is propaganda.

I could say that I think FOSS and decentralization are good principles, and that can be considered leftist propaganda.

Cowbee,

Just like all of Lemmy.

Cowbee,

“Most” and “often” acknowledge that not all women are the same.

I’m very aware that women have different preferences, just like men.

Cowbee,

Big dicks hurt women, most seem to prefer average sizes. Plus, penetration is often less effective at bringing women to orgasm than oral or fingering, which nearly anyone can learn to do well.

No reason not having a big dick should stop anyone from having a good time.

Cowbee, (edited )

I don’t think its easy, or reasonable. Part of my point is specifically that it’s unattainable for most.

Cowbee,

Unfortunately. I can’t hit it either, trying my best.

Cowbee,

Yep, I can’t make it myself either. I just shoot for it when I can.

Cowbee,

Save 15-25% of your income for retirement and future expenses, then spend the rest on whatever you want.

Cowbee,

Yes.

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