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That was sarcasm, right?

I'm almost certain it was written ironically, but Hillary supporters can be so insane that I can't even tell the difference.

I don't fully understand the analogy because I've never heard of that other place before, for which I am thankful because something tells me it's best not to know it.

Oh, thank you! I just joined that too. I checked the other recommended communities there and was already a member of those but happy to join this one that I missed.

That's good to hear, too! I came to Lemmy, besides reddit's issue with third-party apps, because I wanted to be around other Leftists. I don't care too much about the specifics of everyone's politics, just want to have a good time.

I definitely lurk (and have probably commented) on some anarchist communities too! Do you have any you recommend? There are so many communities, I'm still getting around to subscribing to them. And I have a backup account on your instance too. Haha

Agree with Hexbear about what, exactly?

I feel like this is such a reddit moment ascribing one, monolithic point of view to a mass of people. Am I Leftist? Yes. If that means I agree with Hexbear, then, yeah, I totally do. But I don't necessarily think I agree wholesale with an instance, not that there is a position that is universal there anyway—other than being a Leftist.

Well, I'm not going to comment on Russia's imperialism being supported on Hexbear because I haven't quite seen that as much as I've seen critique of Ukraine's issue with Nazism and the West's hypocritical denialism about that even existing as an issue in Ukraine—when during Euromaidan it was acknowledged. I don't support Putin or the invasion, because while there are Nazis in Ukraine who should be dealt with the same could be said about Russia or the US itself, but I also don't think the US is being smart by arming fascist Right-wingers. The US has done this before and it never works out well.

I don't quite see the racism argument though. Hexbear is racist because some people support Russia? I mean, yeah, Russia can definitely be racist and maybe some people at Hexbear probably support Russia in an uncritical way. But lacking any racist memes or racist discussions happening, of which I've seen none, I don't think that equates to the users or the instance being racist. The US and Europe are extremely racist societies, I would argue way more racist than Russia, but I don't see people arguing that instances with liberals who support the US are racist instances and should be defederated.

Yeah, I'm seeing it's more Right-wingers than anarchist comrades so I do get skeptical.

But I understand about the meme culture. It can be heavy-handed but I actually like it. I think it's funny and it is a nice break from just liberal or apolitical meme humor. I've seen some good discussions there though but honestly not too many anarchist discussions, although I get the feeling it wouldn't be totally rejected. I wish there was more solidarity and love between us.

Thanks for the response!

Fair enough. I do think there is a popular misunderstanding among the general public about political theory as well as political labels so maybe you shouldn't take that as justification for anything, but I can admit there is gatekeeping and puritanism that happens among the Left in terms of letting people into particular parties/collectives but also in terms of labels in general.

In my opinion, the baseline is that any actual Leftist wants the abolition of Capitalism. If you don't support the abolition of private property as capital, then you are not a Leftist.

Centrists and Democratic Socialists have not been great examples of Leftists to me so I assume anyone who unironically identifies as such is more aligned with the center-Right (i.e., supports the existence of Capitalism but with reforms).

Thanks for your response and I appreciate the thought you put into it. I agree we need to greatly and desperately expand social programs. I also don't think Russia or China are perfect, much less socialist, but I wouldn't say the West—including the US—is categorically and unquestionably better in every sort of way. That being said, the Left does need to be broader in the West and everywhere else, which is why I think I'd rather hold solidarity with Leftists in these instances who I may not fully agree with rather than attacking them alongside Right-wingers and fascists.

And, sorry, but, no offense, a centrist is a Right-winger to me and it proves my point.

I'm guessing you're an anarchist, which I appreciate and so I totally understand why you may not like these instances, but do you ever feel like some of the people criticizing Lemmygrad and Hexbear are Right-wingers themselves?

I fully support Leftist critiques but some of these claims are kind of wild. Someone claiming hexbear is racist? How would it be racist, from a Leftist perspective? It just seems to me like Right-wingers are attacking them with these ridiculous claims to get them to be defederated or at least to get people to stay away and not understand the humor. If someone critiqued them for defending the State when communism should include the dissolution of the State apparatus, the recuperation of initially revolutionary movements by global capitalism, etc. then I'd appreciate the Leftist critiques but it doesn't seem to me to be the case. And it doesn't seem to me like there is any monolithic position at hexbear either. I actually was further pleasantly surprised to see they had an anarchism community and also a Christianity community at hexbear, it doesn't feel to me like they have a hard Stalinist party-line and don't accept differences among the Left.

I do get the feeling they don't like Right-wingers though.

What makes them a fascist, genuine question? I looked through their profile but couldn't find anything that would make me think they're fascist, just edgy Leftist humor. Do you say that simply just because they're on hexbear?

And what do you politically identify as? I could find even less about you to understand any of your politics.

I haven't seen any fascists, as far as I'm aware, on hexbear but I hate fascism so I'd be willing to agree with you if you can explain.

US will start focusing on reigniting America's Backyard policy.

If it wasn't for 9/11 and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the US would have probably invaded Venezuela to remove Chavez and destroy the revolution to get their oil. They've already started drumming up Latin America as the next warzone again. We'll be seeing the entire region further destabilized more than it already is.

I don't know if I would consider this "dishonest", it seems like maybe there was some misunderstanding or miscommunication happening.

Either way, if you think it's too expensive you could just use the free account. I pay for an account but I also have a couple of free, extra accounts and they work perfectly fine.

You know, there were many other games that were already released that had space exploration?

Well, I'm not African but from what I've heard there are some military coups going on.

Cigars.

It was only supposed to be a few of the affordable ones with basic accessories.

The dragging of feet continues.

Damn. I guessed it was something like that.

That's so disgusting, some fuckers are sick.

Thanks for replying!

Can I ask what the acronym means?

I'm too paranoid to do an internet search to figure it out, but I have a hunch.