Was I just stupid kid in the Midwest wrapped up in propaganda and a family history? How could I not fucking see what really was going on and what we do to the people of the countries we go to? Everything I wanted to be as a kid was based on fucking lies and the profits of the military industrial complex. What the fuck was the point of my deployments if not to oppress others? How can people fucking support these wars and invasions? In the name of protecting our freedoms while stripping away others? I fucking hate myself and wish I could take it away, but without it I wouldn’t be a communist and I wouldn’t have experience colonialism and imperialism first hand on the side of the oppressors. Fucking fuck.
Yea I'd say that's a good observation, the old sub was more lib friendly because there was so much socdem stuff mixed in the with the further left stuff which helped slowly introduce people to better things.
I guess the question is do we really want to be that again for the sake of encouraging new members and helping people a long the pipe line? personally I'd say yes, I like hexbear as it is but i'd be willing to sacrifice my place to shit post with people of similar politics if it would have an actual meaningful impact in building a broader left community.
The problem is as much as it sucks :reddit-logo: actually worked much better for that as it was easy for people to see our content with links between sub reddits and stuff on new occasionally , out here we can do what we want but its a lot more difficult to grow.