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Originally posted to 196 but thought it would fit here too, hope that's not a problem
Lefty Memes
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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the "ML" influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.
Serious posts, news, and discussion go in c/Socialism.
If you are new to socialism, you can ask questions and find resources over on c/Socialism101.
Please don't forget to help keep this community clean by reporting rule violations, updooting good contributions and downdooting those of low-quality!
Rules
0. Only post socialist memes
That refers to funny image macros and means that generally videos and screenshots are not allowed. Exceptions include explicitly humorous and short videos, as well as (social media) screenshots depicting a funny situation, joke, or joke picture relating to socialist movements, theory, societal issues, or political opponents. Examples would be the classic case of humorous Tumblr or Twitter posts/threads. (and no, agitprop text does not count as a meme)
0.5 [Provisional Rule] Use alt text or image descriptions to allow greater accessibility
(Please take a look at our wiki page for the guidelines on how to actually write alternative text!)
We require alternative text (from now referred to as "alt text") to be added to all posts/comments containing media, such as images, animated GIFs, videos, audio files, and custom emojis.
EDIT: For files you share in the comments, a simple summary should be enough if they’re too complex.
We are committed to social equity and to reducing barriers of entry, including (digital) communication and culture. It takes each of us only a few moments to make a whole world of content (more) accessible to a bunch of folks.
When alt text is absent, a reminder will be issued. If you don't add the missing alt text within 48 hours, the post will be removed. No hard feelings.
0.5.1 Style tip about abbreviations and short forms
When writing stuff like "lol" and "iirc", it's a good idea to try and replace those with their all caps counterpart
- ofc => OFC
- af = AF
- ok => OK
- lol => LOL
- bc => BC
- bs => BS
- iirc => IIRC
- cia => CIA
- nato => Nato (you don't spell it when talking, right?)
- usa => USA
- prc => PRC
- etc.
Why? Because otherwise (AFAIK), screen readers will try to read them out as actually words instead of spelling them
1. Socialist Unity in the form of mutual respect and good faith interactions is enforced here
Try to keep an open mind, other schools of thought may offer points of view and analyses you haven't considered yet. Also: This is not a place for the Idealism vs. Materialism or rather Anarchism vs. Marxism debate(s), for that please visit c/AnarchismVsMarxism.
2. Anti-Imperialism means recognizing capitalist states like Russia and China as such
That means condemning (their) imperialism, even if it is of the "anti-USA" flavor.
3. No liberalism, (right-wing) revisionism or reactionaries.
That includes so called: Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism, Dengism, Market Socialism, Patriotic Socialism, National Bolshevism, Anarcho-Capitalism etc. . Anti-Socialist people and content have no place here, as well as the variety of "Marxist"-"Leninists" seen on lemmygrad and more specifically GenZedong (actual ML's are welcome as long as they agree to the rules and don't just copy paste/larp about stuff from a hundred years ago).
4. No Bigotry.
The only dangerous minority is the rich.
5. Don't demonize previous and current socialist experiments or (leading) individuals.
We must constructively learn from their mistakes, while acknowledging their achievements and recognizing when they have strayed away from socialist principles.
(if you are reading the rules to apply for modding this community, mention "Mantic Minotaur" when answering question 2)
6. Don't irrationally idolize/glorify previous and current socialist experiments or (leading) individuals.
Notable achievements in all spheres of society were made by various socialist/people's/democratic republics around the world. Mistakes, however, were made as well: bureaucratic castes of parasitic elites - as well as reactionary cults of personality - were established, many things were mismanaged and prejudice and bigotry sometimes replaced internationalism and progressiveness.
- Absolutely no posts or comments meant to relativize(/apologize for), advocate, promote or defend:
- Racism
- Sexism
- Queerphobia
- Ableism
- Classism
- Rape or assault
- Genocide/ethnic cleansing or (mass) deportations
- Fascism
- (National) chauvinism
- Orientalism
- Colonialism or Imperialism (and their neo- counterparts)
- Zionism
- Religious fundamentalism of any kind
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[Lord Farquaad from Shrek addresses people from a balcony, surrounded by two fully armored guards, wearing a tophat and a monocle, smoking a cigar, looking smug] Some of you may die… but think of the dividends our shareholders will get
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LPT: if your made up nonsense sounds like Nazi shit, maybe reconsider your made up nonsense instead of doubling down [meme]
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Alt text: a photoshopped drawing, originally by @tawatha_illustration, of controversial biologist and author E. O. Wilson, holding a Nazi SS pin, with text which reads "If your pseudoscience can be directly used as fascist propaganda... you might be a fascist!"
Reposting because a mod here doesn't know what a meme is.
The text plays off the "you might be a redneck" bit by Jeff Foxworthy
The context is that the guy in the drawing made up stuff that he thought sounded right. He then got push back from people who said it sounds like Nazi shit and, despite not wanting to be called a fascist, he didn't really reconsider the stuff he made up
Additional context:
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/20184356
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[a military jet flies in the sky, with ISRAEL labeled on it]
[a bomb falls from the plane, with the word NUANCE labeled on it]
[a kid looks at the bomb coming at it, with the label PALESTINIAN KID above him]
https://thebad.website/comic/a_nuanced_take_on_the_israelpalestine_conflict
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[French president Macron] Dear french people, we have found 6.5 billion to invest in our military
[Some character] Ah nice, so we can find money to deal with the rising poverty rate and the climate change emergency?
[Macron, looking annoyed, hands raised, standing in front of a capitalist pig counting bills] Choices have to be made
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A building is on fire. The fire seems to be climbing upwards.
[green, in a window close to the fire] What the hell dude. Did you set our entire building on fire? We will both die…
[orange, pouring something on the flames, from higher up] Yeah but I'm higher up in the building so the fire will kill you first. Triggered, liberal?
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Alt-text: Screenshot of a social media post. It shows a promotional image for Bob Vylan's live performance at Glastonbury, showing text that it is scheduled for Saturday from 14:30 to 15:30 at West Holts. The image features two smiling members of the band against a purple background with BBC and Glastonbury logos. Text above is written by the band (with a verified check mark) and reads, “Turns out we’re finally at a point where the BBC trust us on live tv! Watch us live either in the field or in the comfort of your own home!”
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A crudely drawn pastel version of the "Is this a butterfly" meme
A character labeled CAPITALISM is pointing to a book labeled DYSTOPIAN SCIENCE-FICTION, while asking IS THIS A TUTORIAL?
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Alt Text:
Sarcastic bluesky post saying [time traveling back to 1933 to make sure to tell Germans to protest Hitler less vigorously so as not to alienate bougie centrists who want to go to brunch undisturbed, thus preventing the rise of fascism]
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Three-panel meme showing a man in military fatigues speaking in a forest setting. In the first panel, he says “The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it…” In the second panel, he continues “…and that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine.” In the third panel, he concludes “It’s easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than it is behind a single incident.”
