Lemmy was made by communists, you're gonna find communists lol. As far as I know there isn't anything else particularly comparable. What made you leave reddit?
The people with the means to inact change have spent so long benefitting from the status quo that they had no desire to do so. Now that the fascist have taken power while they sat idly by they are incapable of preventing it. Now the people with power intend on changing things to benefit them more instead of just enjoying their comfortable position. You cannot vote fascism out of power and public officials aren't going to help us fight them, the ones who might will be purged. We cannot look to traditional authority for guidence here, we need mass actions specifically on class lines. This means joining or organizing a union and participating in mutual aid. This means developing connections in your community so resources can be managed when they get tight and learning skills that are materially useful. Later it may also mean sheltering and assisting those who are persecuted. Personally I am partial to PSL and would recommend them but work with whatever is available to you. We are weakest alone so do not let them divide us
Leftists just want spaces where we don't have to hear liberals and fascists make excuses for the american empire or blame its actions on marginalized groups. Thats genuinely it, we are allowed to maintain those spaces and kick people out of them for that purpose. Every instance does this to some degree, there are just significantly more of y'all than us, so we have to do it more.
I don't view banning them as pathetic, I think they can get over being banned from an instance full of people they clearly strongly disagree with. They are "ban happy" because they want to create a place that does not tolerate intolerance and unfortunately the internet is full of bigoted people. So what if they overdue it sometimes? Its just a small ass corner of the internet. No one has an inherent right to be there
Understandable