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It's basically the new /r/GenZedong.

They should've done this way before this became a problem.

I'd like Nakoichi's thoughts on this as well.

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[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

in leftist spaces its best to assume anyone posting materials about illegal shit that the atf would send you to prison for is an actual fed

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago
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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Heheheh would be a terrible shame if these instructions on how to make an IED got spread around", Mixter Performative Radical said, and then proceed to never make an IED

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago (3 children)

People who want leftists to commit violence never do it themselves.

Curious.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Geez, it's almost as if revolution has phases or something!

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not just that, you have to wait for a revolutionary situation.

And it's not just the revolution that has phases; the movement has phases and, while there's lots of anger at the current state of things, we lack cohesion and organization.

Don't get me wrong: Americans are angry at, well, everything about this country but relying on how "people feel" is kinda idealistic; not materialistic.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You want to go more in-depth?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The recent RevLeft New Years ep had a segment about how revolution requires revolutionary conditions, you can't just convince a lot of people to do a revolution and then will it to happen on the lathe. Until the material conditions reach a point to actually allow a revolution you can only organize and prepare for the revolutionary moment, so that when it comes you can actually use that moment to do something.

The BLM uprisings were a potential revolutionary moment, but there wasn't an underlying organizational structure to actually do anything about it. Without cohesion, eventually the masses tucker themselves out, get it out of their system, and everything returns to normal.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

eventually the masses tucker themselves out, get it out of their system, and everything returns to normal.

This is why the cia throws immense amounts of money at features of their reactionary revolutions intended to drag them out for as long as possible.

Free food, free drink, stage, music, shows, etc etc. Everything to keep people in the revolutionary moment for as long as possible.

Maidan is a very strong example of this. Massive amounts of money spent on things that were really just about making it "fun" to get the average people to stick around as long as possible and not lose the energy while the vanguard groups went about their plans.

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[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, maybe some other time.

I've thought about this for a while, but from what I've read, simply hopping onto the "revolution" or uprising phase doesn't work; you have to do movement-building first and then you can think about revolution.

Also, you have to build dual power which is a bit different than just movement-building but that's a whole 'nother can of worms to deal with.

Movements can take decades, maybe even a century or two, with many zigs and zags; I think that's the more depressing aspect of it, depending on one's point of view.

Then again, I view the movements and socialism/communism in epochs which means that we have to be thinking long-term... which makes the short-term thinking of these people that try to push people into committing violent acts (because they're too chicken-shit to do so) all the more tragic.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

Oh, so basically how I already felt.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Actually doing a thing is hard.

Talking about doing a thing is comparatively much easier.

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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

They do but it's to leftists

[–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fethishizing violence is the easiest way to identify a childish leftist

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it's not a fucking video game

[–] artificialset@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago (14 children)

this is just petty drama baiting by posting this into as many comms as possible

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[–] GarfGirl@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

[–] voight@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Zero serious discussion -> nihilism sets in

did genzedong actually say anything to get quarantined or was that another disinformation strike?

deprogram is pretty much identical memes but sides neutral/against assad putin & maduro

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Deprogram is like if you mixed genzedong with 196, inserting a lot more radlib and literal children

The users there seem very young and internet naive, like they are blown away by common leftist facts and have a hard time parsing cynicism and sarcasm, often misinterpreting meaning. Contrast that with the old Chapo or TrueAnon subreddits where there’s a bunch of heterodox weirdos with tons of esoteric knowledge and references, and lots of humor/sarcasm and world weariness, it’s night and day

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[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

It was and it wasn't, afaik.

GenZedong was too blatant and shitposty with its content and was quarantined for being too toxic.

Or that's what I was told anyway. They also kept brigading others too.

But yes, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a disinfo strike on top of other factors, which I'm not entirely unsympathetic to.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 58 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Brigading" is a nonsense concept. These aren't private communities. Coming to the community and engaging with the content isn't an invasion. That's just using the website 🙄

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Are trolls just using the website? Kerryposters? Is that Israeli app that directs users to dogpile pro-Palestine social media comments OK?

Brigading should mean more than organic users posting a link in a friendlier space and saying "hey check this shit out." But I wouldn't say it's a useless concept altogether.

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[–] voight@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (17 children)

[speaking from within your walls] If the impression reddit follows an actual system with moderating communists makes you feel like Tankie Bunker subs are safer, I won't disturb that.

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[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Being blatant in your communism is good. Genzedong was better than any subreddit that exists on Reddit today

[–] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (15 children)

GenZedong was cool, although very shitposty. The subs that replaced GenZedong (Dongistan and such) were terrible though, allowing actual fascists to vibe in there just because they happened to support Russia at the start of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

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[–] kristina@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i can understand removals of actionable threats, but bans are a bit much. removals are more for safety than anything

[–] farting_weedman@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

We should host c/thedeprogram for all the people that want to post how to make bombs, guns and drugs.

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (10 children)

a left-unity cookbook, perhaps

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[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

crime is cool

[–] Nibblesnarf@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The mod there is in the official Deprogram Patreon trying to police it without actual mod powers. Harassing people for literal jokes. They have always been a little unhinged.

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[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait what happened to r/GenZedong?

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Quarantined.

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