I'm really enjoying this.
Glad to see you all, wish I knew your instance existed sooner.
So far I've certainly enjoyed having my silly, ignorant questions about former and current socialist projects answered in-depth. It really is a breath of fresh air to feel like I can converse with others about the USSR, DPRK, China, Cuba, Vietnam, et cetera, without the capitalist mythologizing meant to portray these countries in the worst possible light — and at the same time, being a leftist conversing with other leftists, also without the sort of counter-mythologizing of these countries meant to portray them in the best possible light, to appease the impossible standards of liberals. The conversations I can have here just feel more mature, despite this being the selfsame instance with Pig Poop Balls. I'm not even a Marxist-Leninist, but I'm just tired of people brushing off massive improvements to the standards of living of over-exploited regions because "it was a one-party dictatorship who did it" or "it doesn't count because it's a stateless rebel territory, not a real country".
I think we might need to start actively curating our subscriptions.
I browsed Hexbear the past few years mostly from all>new
Now that's overwhelmed by Linux (I like Linux, but don't want to read about it constantly) and ho-hum memes (Hexbear's memes are better)
But if you subscribe/unsubscribe well, it won't be an issue.
I think the positives have so far outweighed the negatives. And there is some benefit to being reminded that there are people out there with truly awful views and seeing them being eloquently put down (not from me, mind).
It is very funny to see how quickly the mask can fall off with some people.
