I have about ~100 articles on Red Sails and essays on ProleWiki open, plus a few articles from other sites. I read about 5-10 a week, so this should last me a few more months.

Do you think it’s impossible for Russians to tell the truth, ever? Do you do the same for BBC and the New York Times, given how they’ve covered topics like Palestinian genocide?

With a more independent Russian economy, with higher trade with China and the global south, and less cheap LNG for Europe?

That’s not really a mix of both, but just capitalism with welfare. Something being capitalist or socialist is determined by what is principal in the mode of production, and which class is in control of the state.

The EU needs either the US Empire, or to smooth things over with Russia and/or pivot more to China. NATO is just a tool of US imperial power projection in Europe, but the US Empire is pivoting away from Europe and towards Asia and Latin and South America.

NATO countries have served as staging grounds for the US Empire.

Only 3 of the people commenting here are Lemmy.ml accounts, and one of them agrees with your positions. I really think you should take a step back and reconsider your understanding.

You’re on a Lemmy.ml community. Do you have a counter-point, or do you think pointing out that I’m a communist is a counter-point by itself?

Russia has zero interest in conquering Europe, this is just the excuse NATO gives to justify increasing the budget and thus profits for millitary contractors and private industry.

It isn’t really surprising that a federated, FOSS alternative to Reddit and its enshittification has a lot of left-wingers, especially when it’s developed by communists.

Socialist countries have brought comprehensive democratization for society every time they have been established.

No, NATO is thoroughly dependent on the US, it’s essentially a means for US imperial power projection. The EU is thoroughly defanged.

Everything is political, and Lemmy was made as an alternative to Reddit based on ideological reasoning in favor of FOSS and federation. Lemmy was made by communists, and there are a ton of us communists here as a consequence.

That’s not how any of this works.

Only the beginning, before we can abolish class distinctions and fully collectivize production and distribution globally.

To be clear, socialism retains administration and organization, it just gradually abolishes class divisions.

Oh silly me! /s

Nationalize the large firms and key industries, end all embargoes and sanctions on other countries, redistribute land from the landlords and private firms, end all overseas millitary bases, end all wars and pull out of NATO. Begin building mass rail, solar, and nuclear by engaging with strategic partnerships with China. Land back and decolonization of Turtle Island. Building up the productive forces via central planning and strong state funding, while gradually appropriating medium firms as they grow and monopolize.

Dismantling settler-colonialism and imperialism are the primary tasks of building socialism on Turtle Island.

Production and distribution will be run according to a common, scientific plan. Worker’s councils will be set up, alongside youth leagues. Social programs like free healthcare and education will be established, and a reduction to the 30 hour work week in the long-run. Full-employment will be achieved via mass infrastructure projects. The country will be connected and integrated with the city, suburbs will gradually be pivoted away from in favor of mixed-use, walkable city planning.

Full protections for LGBTQIA+ individuals and abortion protections. Religion will be purged from the state in all aspects, while being protected as an individual choice. Prison reform will be established, focusing on rehabilitation and ending the profit motive from incarceration. Police budgets will be slashed. National parks will recieve greater land and funding for protections, as will scientific advancement in medicine and more.

This seems like a lot, but it all stems from nationalizing the large firms and key industries, as well as redistribution of land, land back, and decolonization. As imperialism decays, the economic compulsion for self-reliance grows, meaning if the working classes can establish a socialist state then we can achieve the rest gradually.

If those ideas sound good to you, and you haven’t yet engaged with Marxist-Leninist theory, I made a basic study guide! Feel free to check it out!

Well-said! Right now the decay in hard power is making itself more obvious, as is the inability of the empire to compete with China going forward. Given 5, 10, 15, 20 years this gap will only widen and accelerate unless the US has a socialist revolution.

O7