My friend made me install Bumble. I want something that leftists will recognize but that won't immediately scare off liberals (I can fix them)
Does anyone have any cool Lenin quotes for this purpose or something
sure thing just put this in your bio:
"The Maoist uprising against the landlords was the most comprehensive proletarian revolution in history, leading to almost totally equal redistribution of the land amongst the peasantry"
Can't wait to match with the leftist love of my life only for our accounts to get terminated before exchanging phone numbers because we're inciting violence against landowners
smh my head, this is why we need open source dating apps
(but like if we could get everyone on dating apps to use one that unironically would be infinitely better than the shit we have now)
I keep trying to think of some witty, humorous commentary about an open source dating app, but all of them are just abusive precursors to founding a cult...
Hey a cult’s only a problem if you’re out to harm your members eh?
/j
- Jared Leto has entered the chat -
if anyone has this in their bio, I'm sliding straight into their DMs with "death to landlords, wanna grab coffee?"
Weird, but then why Wikipedia says "Mao's policies were responsible for vast numbers of deaths, with estimates ranging from 40 to 80 million victims due to starvation" ? 🤷 EDIT : Oops didn't realize on which instance I was, sorry.
For context, tens of millions of people being wiped out by famine was something that happened every couple of decades in China. What makes the famine under Mao notable was that it was the last famine China ever had, thanks in large part to the comprehensive revolution mentioned above, which allowed the state to pursue long term policies that benefitted the whole society instead of the wealthy class
Famines on this scale were relatively normal in China and a mainstay of the Chinese Empire's boom and bust cycles, as well as ecological catastrophe spreading thin the fragile bureaucracy. Only one government in China has been shown to be able to decisively end famine since, and it's the same one that eradicated absolute poverty. Hope that helps!
you are very welcome, always glad to correct misconceptions like this
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(if you really wanted to learn the context behind why we use that quote you could always ask questions in good faith in a separate post here on this comm or on !asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml or !communism101@lemmygrad.ml )
If you used the same metric to quantify the deaths during the Great Depression in the United States, you would end up with a death toll of 11 million
It was based off of a boots riley tweet that was posted here some months back. I'll go digging for it after I clock off work
https://hexbear.net/post/262581
This post right here, though I misremembered the number, it would have been 9 million dead theoretically
yeah awesome show. Plus there's this synthwave mix I really like on youtube that loops this scene and it mesmerizes me every time I put it on for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAhvvQQurw4
☭ < fuck subtlety, put this in your bio
@Finger@hexbear.net say the line, bart
I did this once and shortly thereafter had the hottest date of my life with a dope commie
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"hey leftists can you gimme something subtle"
"lead off with denouncing US propaganda against the soviet union, yknow, to test the waters"
If you don't shout "Joseph Stalin saved the world from fascism and the reactionaries who formed the Nazi Arming & Training Organization will never forgive him for that!" at everyone you're attracted to you are basically a liberal ngl
A more genuine answer might be the Debs soul in prison quote. It's a really clear statement of values without being frighteningly radical.
best in thread. It has the side effect of triggering centrists/conservatives who will inevitably think they are liberal but balk at this quote all like "but what about the murderers they should be in prison"
"I hate writing bios on dating apps, I'm always Stalin for time"
"My favorite Christmas tune is Engels Bells"
"Seeking soulmate to form vanguard party with"
"Not swiping on my profile is a twelfth form of liberalism"
"Looking to make a Great Leap Forward in my dating life"
So corny they would've been advised for use by the Kruschev admin
I wouldn't recognize that one as a leftist dogwhistle, I think
at least where i live, like two thirds or more of dating profiles included some reference to travelling or travel buddy
I think any sort of play on "workers of the world unite!" Or even a conspicuously placed use of the word "union" would trigger my leftist alarm.
Texting my matches like "Hey bby Imma make you feel like the women of East Germany before reunification ;)))"
I used to have surprisingly good responses on tinder by starting the discussion with "what's your opinion on Palestine?"
Most didn't have one but almost everyone responded and gave a good indication of their values with it (this obviously depends strongly on your area)
"Women hold up half the sky" would probably fly under the radar for most libs, and if they recognize it, they are most likely going to be annoying
I think you’re overthinking this. Literally just say “I’m a communist”, that’s gonna weed out pretty much everyone you wouldn’t want to get with anyway.
Mine just says queer anticapitalist poly. Folks get the hint. The worst I ever get with that is Warren libs but they can be fixed.
"I don't date conservatives or liberals, but I'm repeating myself."
