hello everyone - you may know me as @[email protected]. just recently, i got banned from hexbear for “history of repeating US state department talking points, anti-socialism and zionism”, as well as possible “fedposting”.

let me clarify that although i strongly support socialism and the ideas of liberating people from their corporate overlords, i am still learning about this. if anything that i’ve said on hexbear are considered “us state department talking points”, as well as “antisocialism”, “zionism” and even “fedposting” by the hexbear mods in any way, i sincerely apologize.

i personally disagree with stalinism, i mostly prefer the more libertarian forms of communism (like council communism, for example), but i’m open to hearing any and all perspectives from all parts of the socialist spectrum, whether it be marxism, leninism, stalinism/marxism-leninism, trotskyism, de leonism, social democracy, democratic socialism, georgism, libertarian socialism, market socialism, syndicalism, anarcho-communism, and even maoism and the likes.

i myself support a fusion of left-libertarianism, market socialism, georgism and de leonism. i’m also NOT a federal agent, i do NOT intend on entrapping people, and i oppose the actions of ice agents, as they are using force.

to any hexbear admin or mod, i apologize for any comment that i’ve made that can be seen as “repeating US state department talking points, antisocialism and zionism”

i really hope this clears that up.

  • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.mlOPአማርኛ
    22·
    15 hours ago
    1. again, i’m just learning - my socialist views are a fusion of market socialism, welfarism, georgism, left-libertarianism and an element of de leonism (the party-union/dual power part) and can be described as “centrist socialism”.
    2. what do you mean “actually existing socialism”? if you mean democratic socialism and the likes, i actually support democratic socialism. however, if you mean the socialism supported by china, north korea, laos, vietnam and such, here are my views:

    china: technically state capitalism, but their brand of market socialism is good - beautiful scenery

    north korea: juche, very isolationist

    laos: pretty good, beautiful scenery

    vietnam: also pretty good

    1. in case i lose focus quickly while reading any of those books, are there any fun and short videos on marxism-leninism that are grounded on theory?
    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
      5·
      14 hours ago

      1. I don’t think your current strategy of just throwing together whatever sounds good to you at the time has any chance of working in real life.

      2. Actually existing socialism refers to places like the PRC, Cuba, former USSR, Vietnam, Laos, DPRK, etc, where public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy. The PRC has markets, but as public ownership is the principle aspect and the working class is in control of the state it is a socialist country. State capitalism would be more like Singapore, or the ROK.

      3. Videos generally aren’t the best. There are often audiobooks that are helpful.

      • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.mlOP
        24·
        13 hours ago

        well i think i DIDN’T put anything in my comments that resemble opposition to actually existing socialism - the dprk is very authoritarian and isolationist, but china, cuba, vietnam, laos and such are pretty good countries (beautiful scenery and such). north korea’s scenery is also pretty beautiful, especially mount paektu.

        the reason why i called china state capitalism is because much of the economy is state-owned and since the late-1980s runs on a market economy.

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
          3·
          11 hours ago

          The DPRK is “authoritarian” against capitalists and landlords, and is incredibly demonized by the west. China having markets does not make it state capitalism, state capitalism refers to economies where private ownership is the principle aspect and the state dominated by capitalists, with strong state control over the economy. China is socialist.

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
              2·
              3 hours ago

              There isn’t one. The Kims are revered due to the role Kim Ik Sung played in kicking out the Japanese imperialists and leading the WPK, but that isn’t wrong or a sign of anything nefarious. That’s like asking about the cult of personality around the Clinton family or Bush family.

              • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.mlOP
                12·
                3 hours ago

                i think the reason why north koreans were crying over the deaths of kim il-sung and kim jong-il is simply because they were forced to, i think

                • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
                  2·
                  3 hours ago

                  This is wrong, though. People from the DPRK cried all over the world like in China, and were observed to be doing so, or generally were quite sad. They weren’t forced at gunpoint to cry.

                  • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.mlOP
                    11·
                    3 hours ago

                    i’m NOT even sure about that. maybe they weren’t actually forced at gunpoint, but even if they’re NOT forced, something about that feels a lot like being forced to cry. maybe they cried out of loyalty to the kim family (equivalent to a monarch), perhaps?

              • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.mlOP
                23·
                6 hours ago

                1. there is democracy, NOT “autocracy”: north korea did have multiple political parties such as a social democratic party and even a buddhist party, but those parties are in a coalition called the “Fatherland front”

                2. i said “cult of personality” because they treat the kim family (including current supreme leader kim jong-un) as if they were royalty - i think choe ryong-hae (the chair of the presidium) should’ve stayed recognized as the head of state after 2019, and he can be recognized as real royalty. seriously!

                • Dirt_Possum [she/her, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  4·
                  5 hours ago

                  Are you making these points as arguments with me or with the table of contents on the article I linked that you didn’t read? Because I didn’t make any claims, I just quoted the section titles to make it clear the link was directly answering the exact question you asked Cowbee.