I’m a man of many talents

I'm paid to be a software developer, but my real passion is to be a bisexual communist game developer and writer. But i'm not good at the bisexual, communist, game developer, or writer thing.

Everyone is good at writing.
You might just not be popular in your lifetime.
- Oh honey, no. Go read some middle school creative writing.

It's always funny when liberals come from Reddit because the profit motive slowly ruined everything that once made Reddit fun and disruptive, but then absolutelty mald about Marxists and other leftists once they get here, the explicitly leftist answer to Reddit.

It's especially bad on !Lemmy.world, where the majority of users are too idealistic to stay on Reddit but not well-versed enough in leftist theory or practice to actually engage with most of Lemmy.

It's even goofier when these same liberals think they are leftists, but then still get upset at Marxists, and even Anarchists.

and even Anarchists.
I have lost count of the number of times I have been called a tankie by libs lol
I am an anarchist, but I work with a decolonial Marxist org and I have read plenty of ML theory and know who my comrades are.
- It's pure idealism and vibes, theory is scary and anything beyond the liberal echo chamber is MAGA and Russian propaganda.
  The good news is that the turbo liberalism drives the more well-meaning liberals leftward in search of actual theory.
Congratulations, you’ve described me perfectly! 🥲 (except for the anarchist part, cought up with that about 6 mon ago)
The amount of comments I've seen start with "I'm as left as they come" instant eye roll
- "I'm as left as they come! I also agree with US foreign policy, and think that every country on the official US sanctions and foreign adversary list needs to be overthrown."
- I’m as left as they come, and anyone to the left of me is a MAGA troll.
not well-versed enough in leftist theory or practice to actually engage with most of Lemmy.
The problem is that if your political world view requires actual study in order to understand and promote, you're never going to get anywhere when it comes to affecting real change. Most humans don't give a shit. You have to give them something simple and easy to make the core of their political identity. In our society capitalism has a head start because it's baked into the school system, but you don't get the luxury of forcing everyone to learn how you economic system works.

Lemmy.world really can be maddening sometimes. It seems like any vaguely political post develops some intense strawman "tankie" action. I've pointed it out a few times and it doesn't go well.

The tankies that they keep complaining about are just your traditional Marxist-Leninists saying Marxist-Leninist things.
I think some Lemmy users like the image of being communist without actually subscribing to orthodox communist viewpoints. Just accept that you're not one, there's no shame in it.
- I agree, you should see how mad the liberals got when I told them that the term leftist means someone who is against capitalism, not just people more left than elected representatives. Had a whole fight with me about the word not meaning that and that you could totally be a capitalist supporter and a leftist.
- They craft an image of Marx in their heads because they agree that Capitalism has issues, otherwise they would be on Reddit, but never actually read Marx. That's the crux of these liberals complaining about Marxists and Anarchists.
  Lemmy.world is allergic to reading theory, basically
They think everyone to their left is a tankie and everyone to their right is maga and they alone posses the singular correct opinion.
Same here. It's always Lemmy.world and their echo chamber. They are especially idealistic liberals, they can't stay on Reddit but they also can't stand leftists, everything is vibes and nothing is material.
They, right now, are comparing Marxists to Evangelical Christians and are circlejerking about it, lol.
- They, right now, are comparing Marxists to Evangelical Christians and are circlejerking about it, lol.
  In what way are they comparing the two? Doing a comparison of Marxists against Evangelical Christians could be valid depending on the context of the comparison. Marx had a bit to say on religion's role in the class struggle.

I feel seen

You can have a proper gander at deez nutz bruv.

*our nuts

i like asking other people to tell me what i do, because i do whatever the fuck i please. And am beholden to no labels.

Well look at Mr. Walrus Baby Rapist over here.
- one of the things i do is respect other people, because i believe they should be.
  Unless they don't respect me, because then they don't deserve my respect.