So, since coming here, I've been accosted left and right by ML's calling me a Lib for not being a ML. Essentially that's what it's come down to.

My personal philosophy aligns with Bakunin, Kropotkin, and Bookchin. I consider myself an Anarcho-Communist or Communalist, depending on the situation, I suppose.

I firmly oppose fascism and authoritarianism. I believe in direct democracy and the inherent goodness of humanity.

I really thought that I had found a place where leftist thought was going to be welcomed, but so far I have not found it here. All I've found are hateful people who want me to leave.

Like I said elsewhere, it's almost as if they don't want new people to join their cause. Like they're actively pushing people away who could have the potential to learn, and who have explicitly come here to learn and to engage in good faith.

I just don't get it. I feel like our cause will never come to fruition because of these types of attitudes.

    • Guy_Dudeman [comrade/them,he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I didn't mean to post is AS propaganda. I meant to post it as a conversation starter. I was primarily wondering why China has private energy companies to begin with. Energy, in my opinion, should be a fundamental right.

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I meant to post it as a conversation starter.

        maybe a good rule of thumb is, unless you're lambasting capitalist propaganda don't post it. If you were sincereposting "you're all browsing on your iphones yet you don't like capitalism, curious" you'd get a similar response.

          • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            :rat-salute: Don't get me wrong, hexbear leans ML in the userbase but the mods are extremely proactive with removing sectarian stuff. Just keep in mind if somebody's posting here they're more likely than not to be your comrade with the same goals and it makes it easier to blow off any friction.

            • Guy_Dudeman [comrade/them,he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Thanks. It's just really hard. Because the first reaction I get from folks is "you're a wrecker, so I will shit on you so fucking hard!" instead of "oh? why do you think that?"

              • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                I think it's just about presentation. This site is constantly targeted by wreckers so people's guard is up, and of course there's never a shortage of generally new people whose LIBERAL radar is still tuned to reddit so they assume anything outside of their ideological orthodoxy is bad intent and go full blast when a more reasonable interrogative would probably be better suited. If you have legit questions about some probably-cia-propaganda and real concerns, present it that way - "here's this article saying this thing, can someone explain what I'm missing or where the lie is". We're mostly nerds so you're basically assigning homework to motherfuckers that love that shit and you'll get better responses that way.

                • Guy_Dudeman [comrade/them,he/him]
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                  3 years ago

                  That would be great. I'll do that next time. God, I'm so exhausted from today. I hardly got any real work done.