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Generally, classically I’ve understood Socialism to still involve central planning of industry/production.

Socialism is worker control of the means of production, which can take many forms. What it is, most distinctively, is incompatible with capitalism, which is investor control of the means of production.

Whereas most modern socialist democracies tend to heavily regulate industry and enact social welfare programs to minimize the effects of different classes etc.

The most successful socialist parties in the West take the view that the harm of capitalism should be reduced while it still exists; they still believe in the eventual abolition of capitalism.

I always thought they were more traditional socialist democracy?

… what do you think socialism is, exactly?

Like, Germany’s Left parties mostly don’t want to dismantle capitalism but I wouldn’t dismiss all conversation about them and putting people on that Left Right spectrum to be unserious.

Even the SDP is pro-forma still for the abolition of capitalism.

I just got yelled at because I can’t be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.

That’s a terminology issue that you’re going to run into in any sufficiently political community. ‘Left-wing’ in casual use in the US refers to “everyone except the Republicans and some moderates”, but “left-wing” in any serious political talk refers to anti-capitalism.

I run a few history communities myself

[email protected] to share or admire pieces of the past - swords, armor, jewelry, or pieces of everyday life

[email protected] for photographs of the past (or film)

[email protected] for drawings and the sort of the past

[email protected] for photos of old ruins, if you enjoy seeing such things

And a few history meme communities with them

[email protected] for memes about history of all sorts, no restrictions!

[email protected] for memes about the GLORIOUS ROMAN EMPIRE

[email protected] for posts about the US Civil War and how slaver scum deserved their defeat

More generally, there’s:

[email protected] for memes about ADHD and related disorders. A lot of comorbidity there.

[email protected] for anime pics of cool weapons and armor

[email protected] if you have any questions on random bits of history you’ve been wondering about

[email protected] for the ever-popular video game Baldur’s Gate 3

[email protected] for pics of your own dogs or random dogs you’ve found online. Precious creatures!

[email protected] for the same, but for cats

[email protected] if you like old or obscure firearms

[email protected] for Lord of the Rings memes

[email protected] if you want some wholesome posts to take your mind off things or brighten your day.

[email protected] if you like anime girls in uniform

[email protected] or [email protected] for tongue-in-cheek militaria shitposting

[email protected] for talk about Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, etc

[email protected] for memes by/about/for girls who love girls

[email protected] for memes about tabletop RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons

[email protected] or [email protected] for memes in general (not much difference between the communities, just whichever you prefer - or both)

[email protected] for Warhammer/40K memes or memes about similar tabletop games

[email protected] for random posts that don’t go anywhere else. Just put ‘rule’ in the title - as the ‘rule’ is that you must post before you leave!

Recommend Lemmy communities, or other Fediverse alternatives (like Mastodon as a replacement for Twitter, the same way Lemmy replaces Reddit)?

They’re squeezing water from a stone here DX

How’s Lemmy.cafe? I believe they defederate the Big 3 Tankie instances. Dunno what their downtime or admins are like.

He caught one of the nursemaids speaking G*rman to the infant and the experiment had to be aborted. RIP

get out of the house,

But the sun is out there. I think I’ll stay where the giant nuclear fusion reactor can’t see me

No, no, I was told that Tiktok was Holsum Left Education and besides, China is more free than the degenerate West.

/s

They’re betting on their fascist puppet in the US tearing apart NATO, so they don’t have to worry about such things when they start eyeing the Baltic states.

Oh, it’s definitely satire, making fun of “nice guys” who complain that they’ve been “friendzoned”.

The horror, friendship!

Google has told the EU that it will not comply with a forthcoming fact-checking law.

Perfect time to implement sky-high fines for non-compliance.

They do come from a land down under…