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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Strict hierarchy with different furniture.

[–] Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

No bro, that genocide was perfectly justified, they were stopping the world revolution

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH 7 points 3 weeks ago

Must really love boot leather

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oh yes lets pretend they themselves are not savages.

[–] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

So, that's leninism iirc. I do believe Rosa Luxembourg called out this strategy for what it was, authoritarian horsepuddle.

[–] supamanc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank the markets genocide is impossible under capitalism!

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

PROTIP: being anti-capitalist doesn't mean you have to simp for dictators

[–] supamanc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the point I'm making though - dictators are the problem not socialism. True, so called socialist societies have trended towards dictatorships, but it's not inherent within the system. And being a genocide psychopath is not an inherent trait of dictators (although again, it does trend that way). But genocide is just as much possible capitalist societies as it is socialist.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

True, so called socialist societies have trended towards dictatorships, but it’s not inherent within the system.

The only person saying otherwise, though, is the original picture, who is implicitly being mocked on account of this being... well, Tankiejerk.