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.mlOP
    24·
    12 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·
      10 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·
          2 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·
            2 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·
              2 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·
                2 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?

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

                  No? You have a very chauvanistic view of the DPRK, there’s a lot of good material you can read on them that will help paint a better picture for you.

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

                    if any of my comments seems very biased against the dprk in any way, shape and form, i sincerely apologize. that said, do you have any links?

          • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.mlOP
            23·
            5 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·
              4 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.

                • Dirt_Possum [she/her, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  1·
                  5 minutes ago
                  1. then why are you arguing with me? You’re not arguing with the article because it’s clear you didn’t read it.
                  2. wut. If you’re asking me to link it again, ok, here but it’s the same link you can click on if you scroll up 4 comments above this one.