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(Flaired Users Only) "Communists come out in force in New York City" r/Conservative (old.reddit.com)
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[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Alternatively, I saw the same story come up on my WeChat channels feed, tons of support (screenshots under spoiler tag):

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[Lit translations below]

"Wishing that our comrades of the CPUSA (?) achieve great results" 22k likes

"Wishing that the red flag can fly, all across the world" 8.5k likes

"A single spark can light a prairie fire" (an old idiom popularised by Chairman Mao) 15k likes

"Red flag ♥️" 4.5k likes

"Socialism will surely be realised by all of humanity, proletariat of the world unite!" 10.7k likes

"How come I feel like I've returned back in time fifty years, back then I was in primary school, every day was communist education" 1.8k likes

[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago

Day brightened wholesome

[–] cmhickman358@hexbear.net 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Every one of them believes they will be part of the party elite planning committees in the glorious new society. In reality they will all be the garbage collectors and bread line clerks.

The fact that this is coming from a conservative without any hint of irony or self reflection is just goddamn perfect.

Edit: Just to clarify, I am in no way trying to disparage garbage collectors or bread line clerks, I have nothing but respect for our comrades out there doing the necessary works. I'm just trying to highlight the absurdity of this person being a conservative, someone who thinks they'll be welcomed as part of the ruling master race, when in reality they would most likely be down in the completely unregulated and OSHA-free mine shafts as a slave to the ruling class with the rest of us.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"They will do socially necessary work like garbage removal and food distribution"

The horror

[–] cmhickman358@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They've been force fed the whole "if you ain't first you're last" philosophy for their entire lives to where it must apply to every aspect of life. It has become impossible for them to imagine a life where you can be satisfied without excess.

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

The fact that they think we all want to be communist central committee people is funny and telling. Most of us here just want to work with less exploitation and eventually came to understand Marxism as the only effective means to those ends.

This irony was the inspiration for my username. I'm sure its lost on most libs and chuds tho.

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

Really good at telling on themselves, aren't they

I don't give half a shit if I'm a part of any committee, I just want people to not die of easily preventable causes when the solutions have been artificially walled off

But these dipshits are always like 'hurr durr breadline, hurr durr garbageman'

Then again, no one intelligent is conservative these days unless they're grifting, so I guess we should be impressed they can operate a computer

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

Meanwhile in capitalism we have joblines, and most people get told "no" because the employer's a pig-headed dipshit.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

no one intelligent is conservative these days unless they're grifting

Nah, plenty of bright people out there who don't really give a shit about others. Plenty of libs like that, too.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago

They're threatening me....with stable employment?

Well don't mind if I do.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

What's so bad about being a bread line clerk? I'd totally do that as long as I got a living wage. That thing fast food workers in free-market paradises don't get.

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

I'd love to be a bread line clerk. Feeding the hungry is very satisfying work.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Cool, we can ship them off first to the People’s Republic of China. See how they enjoy the established system over there.

I'm sure they would hate that.

The Communist Control Act of 1954 is still on the books. How about we enforce it?

What about freeze-peach tho? smuglord

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

I wonder if that applies to national socialists too, or they'll make a special exception for them?

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

Oh no please don't throw me in that briar patch

[–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

I'm sure they would hate that.

I think these guys are anti-Deng, so they probably would.

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Oh no, please don't deport me to China, a place I am definitely not actively planning to move to as soon as humanly possible.

这个美国狗是二百五我们想住在中国

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago

drinkdowntheccp

socialism-beer

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Saw a video for the RCA on YouTube yesterday. It wasn’t terrible but they’re trots. Still, I was like, if you actually manage to do anything other than sell newspapers and make excuses for American colonialism/genocide while obsessing over Saint Trotsky, you’ll have my support.

[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Communists come out in force in New York City

sicko-yes

Avakianists

sicko-wistful

[–] blakeus12@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

what is avakianists?

[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Bob Avakian’s a long-running (since the Carter era) cult-leading grifter

[–] homhom9000@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man conservatives are really stuck in the 50s, their talking points haven't changed in the slightest.

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

Yeah, the 1850s

[–] axont@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

The Avakians are always the best at stirring up frothing anger from the hogs. I at least have to respect them for that.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some comments are also calling them paid protesters. Paid by who?

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

Me. I paid all of them.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Love how they keep calling them redditors, while literally on Reddit. "Looks like some Redditors finally got out of the house for an afternoon, good for them."

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

they would be take out behind the barn, actually

Dang. My sides. I can’t breathe.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If only I’d known all the barns I passed on my road trips offered take out, would’ve saved me so much trouble

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