You are missing the forest for the trees.

No one mentioned Russian peasants.

The references are quite apparently relevant to life under advanced economies following neoliberalism.

Your objection frankly amounts to little more than a deranged rant.

I already explained, the comparison to slavery arises from the coercive conditions of labor under capitalism.

The US was founded on slavery and genocide. When elections were implemented, four percent only of the population was granted suffrage, propertied white men.

I always wonder at what particular point the US is believed to have become democratic, since its founders clearly maintained a deep enthusiasm for racism, sexism, and aristocracy.

Imperialism by its essence is the overarching influence in the region, as the system of global hegemony. Other influences are subordinated and distorted that they conform to such hegemony.

The disparities between various regions, such as between Europe versus the Middle East, are directly a consequence of imperialism imposed by the former on the latter, not by either carrying an intrinsic superiority or deformity.

Bosses and bootlickers both demand our wariness.

Every region has a violent history, but the current political configuration in the Middle East is directly a consequence of Western imperialism, even while many among the Western populations carry a sense of smug self satisfaction.

No one is coming to save us.

We must do the work of demanding accountability, beginning with our local leaders, and rising all the way to the top.

Yes people still pretend that.

I don’t know where you live, that you think nobody pretends that.

American exceptionalism is alive and well.

The prevailing opinion, if not that the US remains as a functional democracy, that it once was functional as a democracy, but has become broken and in need of repair.

The pivotal question is when, if ever, did it ever even come close to fulfilling its own ideals as a democracy.

Those who support an ethnostate do so without identifying it as an ethnostate. They simply argue for the supremacy of one particular group.

There are plenty of echo chambers of every variety and orientation. The value of federation is to produce an experience that is varied and complete.

The point is not that workers under capitalism are not paid wages, but rather that working for wages is required to survive.

Workers live under consistent threat of destitution, homelessness, and starvation, even while massive wealth is hoarded, and resources controlled, by an immensely privileged, narrow cohort of society. The coercive conditions of labor under capitalism give rise to the comparison with more explicit forms of slavery.

Many instances have de-federated with LemmyGrad and Hexbear, which are considered to be badly behaved at the level of the administrators.

The instance to which you object is not similarly problematic. Rather, you feel annoyed by the political leanings, even while the community is permissive of varied political orientations.

Instances may be blocked in your user account, in case doing so makes your personal experience feel more relaxed or productive. You may also consider restricting your participation to communities that enforce a conformity you find suitable. There are plenty of safe spaces in the world for convicted liberals.

Support from the state is likely to vary based on local context and the current administrations.

No one should be naively hopeful.

It is most optimal to rely on labor organization for finding individuals with specific relevant experience.

Whoever has power is bound eventually to use it unwisely and unvirtuously.

Much more than the individuals who wield power, the problem is the systems of consolidated power.

Employers have all the power, though. It is they who may reliably hide behind the law for protection. Laws that protect employees are rare to be passed and rarer to be enforced.

Many believe that states and billionaires are mutually antagonistic, despite that fact that they share broadly the same interests.

Discussing wages is constructive in general, but I am afraid many workplaces remain lacking in adequate solidarity for the tactic to be successful.

Beware of those who will try to bring down others instead of helping to lift everyone together.

You say so, yet Israel’s pursuits are invariably aligned strongly to the interests of the US.