This isn't leftist, this is just sad nagging
Lefty Memes
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)
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 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
This is some libertarian "be your own boss" bullshit
The salary is the least amount of money they think they can pay you to work, but the problem is not the work itself. It's the "money required to survive" aspect.
Thats not completely true, usually they pay people less then what they need to survive so people are desperate enough to do overtime and overnight shifts.
That happens constantly with hourly workers, slightly less so with salaried.
time, but no money to live.
money, but no time to live.
"You already gave up if you took their advice. If you played their game, you payed their price" -Ryan Harvey (Peace Justice and Anarchy)
Sell your soul at cost, buy the bar another round.
Make yourself the boss, pay your workers shit and tax the ground.
'Cause when money is your friend, then the party never ends.
Hire a crew and you can make the town.
Holy Shit! I’ve never seen another I Fight Dragons fan outside of a concert before. You’re awesome!
As long as your dream is getting arrested for trying to sleep on a bench covered in spikes
Can't wait for the quillotine season of 2034
Whatever this thing is walks into a bar and the barkeeper is like: "Why the small head?"
My job is my dream, and I genuinely enjoy it. Even if I won the lottery I'd still work. I often joke that my job is my "favorite videogame" - it just scratches that itch.
I'm a Microsoft 365 admin. It helps that i have a super flexible schedule, so I can work around my life instead of vice-versa.