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  • 1Malayali@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.ml•Liberals be like
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    4 days ago

    Voting maybe part of escalation.

    Unless the fascists are able to edit the votes. But that would also be on escalation.

    But voting alone may not be safe, if you are dealing with fascists as they will be ready for escalation(may even be wishing for it). You would need your own orgs, preferably communist/socialist orgs since they were one among the most effective against fascists based on history.




  • 1Malayali@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.ml•‘Dasturbing’
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    13 days ago

    What is a communist in your and your father’s pov?
    Was your father a communist? Is Kamala Harris a communist?

    Is it cynical of me to vote for someone I share no ideological foundation with?

    In your pov, does communism restrict you from doing that?
    Are you USAmerican?
    Like, isn’t Communism famous for allying with people when it helps in peace, liberation and development?

    ‘Communism’ in Russia, USSR initially wished for a united front against Nazi Germany, but the Western powers were positive towards Nazi Germany and were doing peace agreements and things like the Munich Agreement which allowed Nazi Germany to annex Czechoslovakia(Poland also took part in the opportunity). USSR protested against it, but saw it was futile and created a non-aggression treaty for relative peace and buffer time/space for readying for the coming conflict. (Tho, this peace agreement is criticised by people too)
    Then when Nazi Germany attacked, they fought back. They also allied with the Western powers to defeat the Nazi-facsist-Imperial Japan forces.

    ‘Communism’ in China fought along with the KMT against Japanese colonisers, even when they had disagreements. They ultimately had to deal with the conflict with KMT.

    ‘Communism’ in Vietnam initially requested the help of the USA in freeing itself from French colonialism. But USAmerican regime attacked them and tried to keep them subjugated. So, they flight against it and won.

    ‘Communism’ does not restrict you from taking tactical positions that suit the current scenario.

    Tho, if you don’t want to call yourself a communist, if you see yourself as someone succumbed to wishful thinking, then do remove the mask and say that you are not a communist. Why cosplay as something you are not?

    I don’t think it is a matter of being communist or not, but the issue of being ineffective. Communists in some non-western regions were able to attain victory(they faced serious battles tho). Some communists in the western regions who tried to improve things were murdered like Fred Hampton, by programmes like Operation Gladio etc. They too faced battles. But in such a scenario, many of them were able to nudge things in a better direction, help spread awareness against the Vietnam war etc.

    I am not 30 tho. But I see people and local politicians who are communists, who are over 30.
    And many of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party seem to be older than 30 too

    Maybe what you would need is more communist planning, tactical alignment and discussions with others, if it only seems to be wishful thinking

    Anyway, unrelated to this: Any suggestions for procrastination?



  • Not necessarily. If the ‘not voting’ creates awareness on issues and inspires action, then it can be good. It would be on what it is for and what its effects are.

    Generally, voting may be good. But if 3rd parties you like to vote for are not allowed or face structural impediments, then if you use not voting as awareness for it, it being good or bad would be on the effects, right?








  • Could be racism, but could be misdirected anger at AI too.

    I think people should direct it at the corps which own and direct the AI, developing it by taking content without remuneration, especially when AI content can create copies and reduce chances of work for the people whose content is taken. Ultimately it seems to be an issue of capitalist ownership. Specific attention to it is good.

    I also understand the issue of using AI for important things, creating reports, etc. with how AI can hallucinate and people being more aware there.

    But I don’t see the issue with an AI meme? Are they afraid that it is not human? But AI is trained on human data, developed by humans and used by humans too. Like, if their issue is AI ‘stealing’ stuff in the case of a meme, then are not most memes using the screenshots from movies, series’, YouTube videos etc. are used without prior permission or remuneration?

    So, the aspect is indeed the issue of job security for regular people vs corpos who do not care about public wellbeing, broadly the issue of capitalist ownership, right?