Has /r/socialism_101 been compromised? I have noticed over the last 2 or so months some incredible takes in the comments and this thread is even locked.
I usually don't really care but this kind of thought is on par with libs that use "utopian" when talking about Marxism. Just so confidently wrong. I'm not even that well read yet on theory but, Jesus, this set off my lib radar bad.
To call yourself an ML and also uses terms like Stalinism unironically? Maybe I'm wrong but this smells like fedposting or larping.
In my experience, "Stalinism" gets thrown around a lot where I live particularly by the -ists (starts with a T). It's to discern themselves from the "wrong kind of socialism" that advocates for "authoritarian regimes" and "genocide". The type that proclaims real socialism doesn't exist in those "regimes". Not by MLs.
Anyway, sectarian/purism nonsense imo. Maybe mods gave up after the Reddit API shitstorm.
I know I have lol
I don't wanna sound too tin foil hat but it feels like the user is a plant. They even cite Wikipedia to "back up" their claim on it.
And yeah mods giving up maybe. I know that sub didn't go dark over the api shit but they might have had a changing of the guard? The content there used to way better quality it seemed.