I’m not acting like it’s against the rules, I am explaining that avoiding political discussion will be an uphill battle on a site like Lemmy.

There’s going to be Marxists on Lemmy, the lead developers of the software are Marxist-Leninists and some of the largest instances are explicitly Socialist-aligned.

Hey, real quick, nobody thinks the Russian Federation is somehow still Marxist, the Soviet Union was dissolved in the 90s and Marxism went with it. Further, China is not a “Utopia,” it is Marxist-Leninist but it’s in the early stages of Socialism, and the Russian Federation is far worse off under Capitalism.

If you want to correct your blurb, that would be far more accurate.

Just want to add, the CPC is Marxist and is working off of Marxist economics. Their party ideology is Marxism-Leninism Xi Jinping Thought, which is Marxism-Leninism applied to modern China’s conditions and under Xi Jinping.

Now, that doesn’t mean it’s some Utopia, and that also doesn’t mean it’s a far-future Communist society, just that they are in the early stages of Socialism.

Get organized! Join a union, party, etc. I also recommend reading theory, I made an introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list if you want a place to start.

It’s the opposite, you’ve been peddling conspiracy theory nonsense. HTS has roots in ISIS, the Soviet Union didn’t “conquer half of Europe,” and more. I’ve given you multiple verified sources (some even used as sources for Wikipedia articles), and your only response is that it doesn’t sound right to you, so it must not be true.

Really, when one person has been giving facts and sources, and the other talks about how their grandmother said the Nazis weren’t all bad, it’s pretty obvious which one is the troll.

You can browse instances without an account before applying for one, if you want to get a taste first.

It’s more of a requirement than a punishable offense on Lemmy.

It’s more frowned upon to not do so.

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Day after day he is vindicated.

Yes, the death counts from the HTS regime are staggering, having ISIS control Syria ended up being even worse. Go figure.

I’d like verified historical texts and records. Museums and personal anecdotes can be twisted far easier.

Don’t speak German, so there’s nothing I can really check, though I don’t have much confidence in the anticommunist organizations of a country that was never de-nazified.

For you, I recommend the book Russian Justice.

The Soviets weren’t Imperialist, the fact that you continue to confidently spout utter nonsense like thinking ISIS is somehow better than the Assad regime just because the West likes working with them more and your insistence that I ignore the mountains of evidence and first-hand accounts that go against what you and the other user believe means I can generally ignore your statements.

Syria is far worse under the current regime than it was under Assad, as you say, you don’t actually know what you’re talking about. Pretty self-aware of you to say.

As for facts and data, no, I get mine from mainstream sources and data from after the opening of the Soviet Archives. Just because I don’t bother with PragerU doesn’t mean I’m wrong, you haven’t actually been able to address anything I’ve said on a factual basis so you resort to dodging and dismissing.

You do that again with the DDR, you just say I don’t know anything rather than actually addressing what I say. What’s the point? Who are you convincing? Nobody, at this point, you have nothing to actually contest what I say and you aren’t convincing me.

As for torture and despotism, I don’t approve, that’s why I’m against the US Empire and its puppet regimes.

Thanks for the advice, but I already do, minus the travel. I’d like to some day. I suggest you do the same, and read books like Shock Doctrine and The Jakarta Method, which detail how 7 million people died during the transition from Socialism to Capitalism, and read about how the majority of people living in post-Soviet states wish they were still Socialist.

All the time, like clockwork, haha. Western Exceptionalism clouds everything westerners see.

This comic is highlighting how even when the Dems are in the majority, they can never seem to do anything, while the GOP manages to do a lot with very slim majority.

Lemmy as a whole is pretty Leftist, you’ll find hatred for the GOP and Dems as a pretty standard position.

Are you talking about Lemmy.world, or Lemmy.ml? Either way, I’d say to look for an instance that more appeals to you.

If you can be more specific, I can take a crack at explaining, but I can’t really go off of what you’ve provided other than the transformation “problem,” which I can address in short and link what I believe to be a more in-depth explanation of common criticisms of Marx’s Law of Value.

Essentially, Marx’s hypothesis that there existed a formula that he was never able to find that could solve for the difference between Capital Intensity and the notion of profit equalization across industries ended up being wrong, in that such a formula did not exist. However, we can see with empirical evidence that Marx’s Law of Value ends up being correct, in that profitability is closely tied to Capital Intensity, and that equalization of profit across industries really just does not come into play outside of noise.

This wasn’t because Marx was stupid or anything, but because math itself had not advanced enough to show that such a transformation did not exist, but this does not disprove Marx’s Law of Value, rather, it affirms its more important foundations while dismissing a hypothesis of Marx’s that he never fully developed, nor could he have.

Here’s a link to the article.

As for the Vanguard, you should read about the Mass Line and Democratic Centralism, both address your issues.

Socialism is stable, yes.

As for Xu and Du, those are not the sole figures on Socialism in China, nor does that definition actually hold for Socialism. Socialism is determined by which is primary in an economic system, be it Public ownership or private, and in the PRC it is public. Large firms and heavy industry is nearly soley in the public sector, while the private sector is dominated by small firms.

As for Russia, 7 million people died due to the reintroduction of Capitalism, social safety nets were stripped bare and workers rights fell dramatically. Socialism was better than Tsarism and was better than Capitalism has been, whether you feel disgusted by facts or not it’s the truth.

I say it like it’s a symptom of the unsustainability of it all.

What do you mean by “providing the same comfort?” What are you comparing it to, peer countries, or Imperialist ones like the United States? China is Socialist and is becoming the undisputed world power, while dramatically reducing poverty. The Soviet Union was better for its people than modern Capitalism has been, or former Tsarism.

1. The Industrial Revolution could not have happened without Capitalism, IMO, as the increase in the factory model grew the M-C-M’ circuit and competition.

2. No. Capitalism is a stage in history, and will be phased out like the iron and bronze ages, feudalism, etc.