Been that way since 1949.

My favorite part so far was Noam Chomsky telling Epstein that “Venezuela isn’t real socialism,” lmao.

Chomsky’s always been terrible.

The US Empire, in Marxist analysis, is the international dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, supported by its vassals like Canada, Australia, western Europe, Japan, the ROK, etc. As the US Empire decays, world imperialism weakens, and the ability for socialism to rise gains.

I see lots of non-Statesian content too, mostly from the communists. Lemmy.world tends to be Statesian centric, but is far from communist.

The strong presence of communists is very normal, actually, though I don’t know what you mean by “American-coded.” Lemmy was created and is developed by communists, and communists in general are atttracted to FOSS tools and platforms.

I work out in the morning, before work.

There’s really no such thing as “politically neutral.” The US Empire and “Israel” have already been bombing Palestinians as they like, China’s presence likely would not stop them. Palestinian statehood, and the permanent disollution of Israel, are both necessities for Palestinian liberation.

Russia isn’t trying to overtake all of Ukraine, though, just the four oblasts that already want to be a part of the Russian Federation. Further, as strongholds are taken, it accelerates Russia’s advance, while willingness and ability to fight in Kiev falls. There’s no reason to expect this strady rate will be the only rate the war proceeds at until its conclusion.

Another reason for the slow advance is the advent of drone warfare, which is extremely deadly and slows any movement.

As expected. China’s maintained that Palestinian statehood is a necessity and that the resistance must not and cannot be disarmed.

Russian territory control is verified by both Kiev and Russia. You can watch it on video as well, if you want, or follow live map updates, such as from this pro-UA account. Russia is steadily gaining more territory, bit by bit, because this is an attrition war where Russia can afford to take its time while Ukraine cannot, due to having a lower industrial capacity and fewer people willing and able to fight.

Its easy to control a populus when you control what news they can get. literally the only reason russians support the war.

The reason Russians support the war, including communists and the nationalists, is because Donetsk and Luhansk are predominantly ethnically Russian. After the Banderites, backed by the west, took over Ukraine in 2014, Donetsk and Luhansk seceded. The president they supported was coup’d by the far-right, and the new regime began suppressing the Russian language. This started a decade of civil war. Russians are united in opposing the west, and in supporting the seperatists, leading to steady support.

You’re using semantics to try to make it seem like I dont know what happened. No shit the UNION was created of a bunch of countries UNDER A SINGLE GOVERNCE.

It was a side note, and you did say it was a country. The important distinction is that the federation was broken up, not the individual countries. These countries had their own governments, and participated in the broader socialist system as well. Lots of these countries have had nationalist movements gain power, such as in Ukraine. It isn’t really me trying to get a win on you, just a minor correction in terminology.

Go on tell me I dont know anything, go on. Idiot

I’m not trying to get a cheap win on you or insult your intelligence. You’re fully capable of carrying this conversation, I just see absolutely no chance of Russian collapse nor Kiev’s victory.

This isn’t material reality, though. Kiev is fighting back, but is losing, both in terms of ground and those willing to fight. NATO does not have the industrial capacity to continue fielding the war, and the war itself is increasingly unpopular in western Ukraine. By focusing on what damage Kiev has succeeded in dealing, you’re turning a blind eye to conditions within western Ukraine itself, where the material reality is steady and consistent loss.

There’s no sign of the Russian Federation breaking up. The population is, as I said, relatively united in support for the war. The two major factions, the nationalists and the communists, agree seemingly only on continuing the war. Putin’s still popular enough that the idea that there will be a collapse is closer to fantasy than material analysis.

As a side-note, the USSR was several countries united, it was a multinational federation, not one big country.

And yet Kiev is doing worse, and is losing ground steadily, with an increasingly unpopular war effort. Again, how do you see Kiev winning? What does that look like?

200,000 people are estimated to have gone AWOL in Ukraine, many fleeing to Belarus. Russia faces no such issue presently. The nationalists in charge of Russia are indeed losing in power, but to the communists, who support Russia in the war effort, not to the pro-western liberals. The Russian populace is relatively united in support for the war, where its split is in retaining their oligarchic system of capitalism or transitioning back to socialism. Further, the gap between the nationalists and the CPRF is still wide enough that there isn’t an immediate threat of revolution.

How? Russia is making steady gains in territory, and has the far larger industrial capacity. In an attrition war, the side that can better field long-term fighting wins. What do you expect the outcome to be? Russia pulling out entirely?

What is link aggregation? Just combining network connections of a cloud? What does that have to do with lemmy?

Think reddit, you post links to articles, videos, etc. for the majority of posts.

Why would there by different servers in the first place doesn’t that make the social media smaller for everyone?

Instances can talk to each other, like email. gmail accounts can talk to yahoo accounts. You have a Lemmy.world account, but are talking to me on a Lemmy.ml communiity with my Lemmy.ml account.

What is an instance?

Kinda like a server. Your instance is Lemmy.world, mine is Lemmy.ml. Instances are their own websites with their own communities, but can see other instances they are federated with. Local browsing is your instance, all browsing is for everything you’re federated with.

Isn’t the point of a federalized social media to be better connected?

Yes and no. Not everyone wants to be connected with everyone.

Can I use my account I just made for Lemmy in something like Mastodon?

Sort of. You can interact with Mastodon users, but not in the Mastodon format.

How can I access content from different social media?

Not sure what you mean. Lemmy is a link aggregator, and you interact via Lemmy.

Right now we are on the lemmy.world server, can I take my same account and go to another one?

Lemmy doesn’t support true account migration, but you can open new accounts.

Why would I change my server when there are already different communities here? Isn‘t changing your server more tedious than just clicking on another community?

Some instances are themed, like Mander.xyz is themed around science, Lemmygrad.ml is themed around Marxism-Leninism, etc. Scrolling locally can curate your experience. Lemmy.world has defederated from some instances such as Hexbear.net and Lemmygrad.ml, so you can’t see their content from your account, while I can from Lemmy.ml. It’s worth checking the vibe of an instance before joining for the long term.

They were and are fully Marxist-Leninist.

Yes, always have been.

This group is Marxist-Leninist.

It’s clearly a color revolution with heavy Mossad and CIA influence. The “Ghaddaffi treatment” ruined Libya, there’s no chance of this turning into a socialist state right now.

This is being pushed by US-funded “Human Rights Organizations,” while the CIA and Mossad are active within the anti-government protests. We need to be especially critical of news like this.