WELL ARE WE?!

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    I think I've realized just now that the accusations that we're just pretending to be socialist is the same as how libs accuse socialist countries of just pretending

    We're the AES of forums folks

    • LeZero [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      “During the federation, the antihexbear ideological framework could transform any data about existing hexbearian communities into hostile evidence. If the Bears refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing posting limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most posting treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the trans communities in Hexbear were empty, this demonstrated that transgender identity was suppressed; but if the trans communities were full, this meant the people were rejecting the admin regime's transgender ideology. If the posters went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist website; if they didn't go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of lib posts to dunk on demonstrated the failure of the poster economy; an improvement in lib posts supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them. If Hexbar in the Fediverse played an important role struggling for the rights of posters, the poor, African-Americans, women, and others, this was only their guileful way of gathering support among disfranchised groups and gaining power for themselves. How one gained power by fighting for the rights of powerless groups was never explained. What we are dealing with is a nonfalsifiable orthodoxy, so assiduously marketed by the ruling interests that it affected people across the entire posting spectrum.”

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