Wonderful, now I get to speak in my second language, but ironically, not the first…

Did you try to change sort type in settings?

What app are you using? Or is it on the website?

Well I’m not going in completely blind + I can’t know everything about every topic. But I’m seeking more knowledge, thus the reason why I made a post.

Thank you so much for the links! Started with Another View of Stalin

No no, don’t get me wrong, I totally get it. While I think that the statement is true, it’s not the only way I tried to explain my position. Like I said, we are having respectful discussions with one another and I try to not be overly emotional. It’s very important to find a nicer footing in the dialogue in order to convey your thoughts more clearly.

I’m curious, what other regimes are on that list?

His response is interesting.

It also leads to racial hatred and division and doesn’t actually address the issues. It’s like Nazis saying that black people commit so much crime because of biology. It’s false, leads needlessly to hate, and nothing gets done.

He basically created a straw man because I rarely/ever see “woke” media that is genially racist towards white people. But then he’s trying to compare “white struggle” in the MEDIA to a real life struggle of black people, which is really fucked up. And what’s funny, he’s saying that “Nazis” say that, when people that are generally on the right are keen to be racist and make those claims, but he doesn’t want to associate with them, to not seem like he is battling one racism with the other, so he says that exclusively Nazis say this shit.

People probably have no idea how wonderful it is to see comrades from Ukraine here. I’m so glad to not feel alone, not only in the world, but in my own country as well.

“Read theory”, to me, is a first but very important step. The more people read theory, the more people really understand why the movement exists. Unfortunately, after we actually read it, not everyone can put it into practice.

Person who read the books might not have union in his workplace, or being a communist in his environment is really unpopular and could harm him physically or mentally. In this situation, what can he actually do? How can he put theory into practice? And that, to me, the question majority of communists deal with all the time.

In this situation, the best way to utilise knowledge we got is to share it, try to push our ideas into masses because red scare didn’t go anywhere, myths about USSR, China, communism are still here and although they look more like a rotten corpse than actual arguments, people still fucking use them.

And that’s what most of us already do, which is great. I personally do it all the time, but it is not easy, even family members (or especially them) could be really hard to convince that communism will not take their food or make them all use the same toothbrush.

Trying to make people understand, or even listen, is not an easy and a very lengthy process. Some give up, some push forward, but if you don’t have any other means to help the movement, what can you actually do?

UZZR KILLED MY FAVOURITE BOIS KULAKS, THEY JUST WANTED TO EXPLOIT PEOPLE WHY KILL THEM, THEY HONEST BUSINESSMEN

That would be awesome to have something like that because random comment sections can be really chaotic.

it has been decades.

Yes it has, however, not all of the attempts at changing the situation were violent, most of the violence did come from Israel, but peaceful demonstrations and waiting didn’t help Gaza and Palestinians trapped in there. You know why?

Because Israel isn’t going anywhere, their government won’t just magically change their mind, so just sitting there praying that it will end someday – won’t help. That’s why a violent and armed response was given to Israel.

Saying:

There have been multiple attempts to attack Israel and the consequence was always death.

Is implying that people need to give up and not fight for their freedom. People are dying slowly but steadily? Well if you fight your situation, then a lot more will die, so just sit there, relax and enjoy the view of your cities drowning in poverty, without electricity or enough food to get through the day.

If you really wanted this to end, you wouldn’t say:

IMO, the cycle needs to be broken. And IMO, this works only with government changes in both countries.

Because it is not possible. It’s not a cycle of violence that needs to be broken, but the entire system that enables violence against another group of people. How can you break a cycle of violence that you DIDN’T START? How can YOU change when YOU are the victim?

This comment seems to be pro-peace and pacifistic, but it’s just a facade. In reality it defends the status quo of imperialistic and racist government having total control of the occupied land of another country, protecting their right to do anything they want with people living there because the alternative:

was always death.

Так-так, це треба виправляти. Тому що Реддіт, де наших теж небагато, але більше ніж тут, це абсолютно неюзабельна хуйня. Дуже радий що навіть до України дійшли чутки про Леммі.

Кто то из Украины кроме меня знает про Лемми? Такое не каждый день увидишь :)

I think “niche” doesn’t necessarily mean “unpopular”, it’s rather about the topics being covered. Without his awesome charisma and jokes he wouldn’t be as popular.

By the way, my first post on the platform! Since reddit is going to shit with this API thing going on, I decided to look for communities elsewhere. Really enjoying experience here.