Does it even make a difference? Would much appreciate some suggestions.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    Marxists are absolutely leftists, if you redefine Leftism to only include Anarchism you are making a severe error in political understanding.

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      Tankies aren’t Marxists lol

      They’re more MAGA than anything. I’ve spent quite some time on Hexbear and .ml. I’ve seen it with my own eyes.

      They’re pro censorship, anti-free speech, anti human rights, and constantly talk shit about “liberals”. Sounds like a hard authoritarian right to me.

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        “Tankie” is just the terminally online version of “commie” or “pinko,” it’s just a pejorative for Marxists. The 3 instances you called “tankie” are the 3 biggest Marxist-friendly instances. Both of my 2 accounts are on Hexbear.net and Lemmy.ml, respectively, I’ve spent plenty of time.

        Marxists in general are in favor of controlling the speech of the bourgeoisie, as were Marx and Engels:

        >6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.

        Marxists are not “anti-free speech,” nor are Hexbear and Lemmy.ml. Rampant misinformation and bigotry should be removed, and is. Marxists, including .ml and Hexbear, are absolutely pro-Human Rights. Marxists do hate liberals, liberals are pro-Capitalism apologists, and thus liberalism has been a target of Socialists of all stripes since liberalism became a thing.

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        The ideas that domination is the goal are correct. The domination goes beyond social issues. Owing someone rent puts them in a position to dominate me. Saying the rent is the people’s rent doesn’t rationalize the domination.

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          Marxists do not seek “domination” of others, nor do Socialist countries extract “rent.” Using a portion of the social fund to create infrastructure, social safety nets, advance productivity via new Capital, and more are not the same as a landlord extracting surplus value on the basis of owning a scarce resource like land. I think you’re confused on several areas, like what Marxists want, how Socialist states function, and what “rent” is. If you want, I have theory I can recommend for you.