Flippanarchy
Flippant Anarchism. A lighter take on social criticism with the aim of agitation.
Post humorous takes on capitalism and the states which prop it up. Memes, shitposting, screenshots of humorous good takes, discussions making fun of some reactionary online, it all works.
This community is anarchist-flavored. Reactionary takes won't be tolerated.
Don't take yourselves too seriously. Serious posts go to !anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Rules
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If you post images with text, endeavour to provide the alt-text
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If the image is a crosspost from an OP, Provide the source.
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Absolutely no right-wing jokes. This includes "Anarcho"-Capitalist concepts.
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Absolutely no redfash jokes. This includes anything that props up the capitalist ruling classes pretending to be communists.
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No bigotry whatsoever. See instance rules.
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This is an anarchist comm. You don't have to be an anarchist to post, but you should at least understand what anarchism actually is. We're not here to educate you.
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No shaming people for being anti-electoralism. This should be obvious from the above point but apparently we need to make it obvious to the turbolibs who can't control themselves. You have the rest of lemmy to moralize.
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I’m getting damn tired of this style of post.
We get a rare drop, where circumstances suddenly allow a leftist position to become the mainstream position. Then inevitably, someone posts “America only cares about because it started impacting normies”.
And somehow the reaction is not “Hell yeah it did, brother, now is our time, let’s rolllllll!” but instead passing that tweet around while going “tsk-tsk”.
What the actual fuck are we doing? If we got a gift horse, we’d probably say “Hold up lemme enroll in equine dentistry school for next semester”. Like goddamn.
To get them to care of the war at all, especially the MAGAts, is a goddamn miracle really. We should be pushing them to want to end it and exposing them to leftist, not neo-liberal, actual leftist thinking.
A psyop to convince people not to vote for Kamala Harris in 2026?
The logic:
an op to convince people that both parties are the same, so it doesn't matter if you vote. The bad faith argument that voting for harm reduction is the same as voting for harm. It's disingenuous and only serves to break leftist coalition and cause infighting, which only really benefits one side... the right, and it's a textbook tactic of right-wing bullshit.
So yes, a psyop, or duped by a psyop. Eitherway, a dipshit.
To claim Joe Biden was a "harm reduction" candidate, you need to ignore how he extended much of Trump's Term 1 policies and - by refusing to prosecute and imprison any of his first term cabinet - paved the way for even more egregious abuses in his second term.
The Biden Administration did nothing to curb the abuses of the Republican Party. And, in many cases, normalized and entrenched the fascist policies and powers accrued to the executive branch under prior terms of office. When the ink is dry on the history books, he will be remembered as an enabler of Trump's fascist regime in much the same way he was an enabler of the Bush fascist regime from 2001 to 2009.
Harris adviser says VP ran 'flawless' campaign
I have to wonder if you genuinely believe people who say this.
This is an anarchist community, so here's an anarchist perspective. Voting is not and cannot be harm reduction.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/voting-is-not-harm-reduction
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-why-you-shouldn-t-vote#toc1
This entire argument assumes no one does anything other than vote
A lot of internet anarchists are like any other internet leftist: their main "actions" are gatekeeping, purity tests, and virtue signaling that they're real [whatever flavor of the left they claim]. They have zero pragmatism and no actionable plans -- but they get pissed if anyone suggests something that doesn't perfectly align with their professed ideals.
They don't actually do anything for their cause in the real world: all they do is bitch on the internet and to their close circle of interchangeable friends. They're the dead wood of progressiveness.
Which to be fair, is kind of the case for a majority of the population, which is perfectly fine for, and encouraged by, the people of power
It's clearly not. I don't sit in a box until election day. I've got a household to tend to, friends to support, family to care for, and an economy to participate in. All of these actions have political implications and consequences.
People need to recognize that caring for an ailing parent, holding down a job at a convenience store, opening up your house to a roommate (or renting that unit for a profit), driving a car versus riding a bike, calling the cops, littering - these all carry political weight. How you spend the majority of your waking hours is still a consequence of your ideology even in constrained circumstances.
I'm glad you don't, what I mean is that for a lot of people, participating in a democracy rarely goes beyond voting every cycle, even if they do other actions that can be considered participation to democracy
The modern political system doesn't offer many opportunities to interact with the government outside of the electoral cycle.
But that doesn't constrain your politics, because people routinely organize outside the scope of government anyway.
Both-sidesism isn't anarchism. It's nihilism. It's the "nothing matters, so there are no rules" surface level "anarchism" take. You can't hide behind hedonistic nihilism by calling it "anarchism". You might as well just come out as the edgelord you want to be and tip your fedora.
no one is saying "both sides", as though there are only two. we're talking about what harm reduction is, and whether voting qualifies. it does not.
badjacketing isn't allowed here.
proving you don't read and huff your own farts.
Badjacketing would be misrepresenting, manufacturing or lying about a person to paint a bad image of them. I literally linked to the thing they just posted, and are doing... nothing about any of that is false or misrepresentative. Just because it makes them look bad and you don't like it, doesn't make it "badjacketing".
Engage with what is being said instead of trying to appeal to some reddit-tier fallacy argument.
Engage with what is being said instead of trying to appeal to some reddit-tier fallacy argument.
calling it a psyop is straight out of cointelpro handbook.
if we're quoting handbooks, then doing a "both sides are bad" is right out the alt-right handbook.
And lets see... a "leftist" in "leftist spaces" making plays from the "alt-right handbook", misrepresenting them as "leftist" opinions to fracture coalition.... what would you call a person like that? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
When neither side is an anarchist position? It's not two sides. It's one side with two faces.
Wtf are you talking about?
howabout this, rather than sit here and argue theory and bullshit... lets reframe what you're doing here and see if that's the person you idealize yourself to be.
You're coming to the defense of a powertripping mod that abuses their position to push centrist bullshit and then bans anyone who disagrees with them.
Would you, as an anarchist, come to defend any other self-appointed hierarchical leader that pushes harmful misinformation and silences critics? Hmm? Is this your ideal anarchist community member?
it doesn’t matter if you vote
voting for harm reduction is the same as voting for harm
psyop, or duped by a psyop. Eitherway, a dipshit.
You might as well just come out as the edgelord you want to be and tip your fedora.
you don’t read and huff your own farts.
howabout this, rather than sit here and argue theory and bullshit
Engage with what is being said instead of trying to appeal to some reddit-tier fallacy argument.
And lets see… a “leftist” in “leftist spaces” making plays from the “alt-right handbook”, misrepresenting them as “leftist” opinions to fracture coalition… what would you call a person like that?
Maybe if you write it bigger then you win. Actual child
I’m done playing debatelord with you reddit rejects.
If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
lol
i'm not trying to win. i just wanted everyone to get a little amuse-bouche of the thread before they dive in.
lol. Maybe if you write it bigger then you win. Actual child. I'm done playing debatelord with you reddit rejects.
it's not too late to delete your comments and leave.
They're one of those 100 posts a day weirdos that seem hopped up on Adderall. Or they're a bot.
Ai would like a word with you.
You keep doing whatever you're doing (mostly nothing). But don't expect the rest of the world to not point out your bullshit while your pedophile president is raping the world.
You are again acting selfish by portraying yourself as victims, while your government is ruining the world. You are NOT the victims, you are the PERPETRATORS.
Fucking jokers, fix your shithole country if you want the world to stop making fun of you. Because no one else can, the only thing we can do to vent our frustrations is to call out your bullshit.
Oh just fix the country, why didn't anyone tell us that sooner!
Oh, so you are expecting someone else to fix it for you, smh...
And in the meantime we should feel sorry for you, while you keep raping us. That sounds almost selfish...
You're using this word very liberally.
I’m getting damn tired of this style of liberal comment in an anarchist community.
No you haven't. You've got people who are upset their wallets are hit, that is not a leftist position in the mainstream. Two people can reach the same conclusion for wildly different reasons.
This is why the left is doomed. You cant see the opportunity to bring more into the fold, you only see purity test fails and a chance ro grand stand
The left isn’t doomed thanks, we’re doing just fine.
Liberals and centrists are however doomed as people are moving to either extreme and abandoning a failed system that has only delivered abysmal results.
Go cry about purity tests some more, maybe that will convince a leftist to vote for murdering children if you do it a few more times.
When people's wallets are hit it's exactly the right time to convert people.