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Did you all notice that week or so of utter shock from federated Lemmy liberals when they saw takes to the left of themselves? (hexbear.net)
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I don't just mean outrage or regular rage, I mean shock that someone was to the left of "legal weed and free college but only for those that operate a successful business for 3 years in a disadvantaged community" top-cop takes.

I think federating took them by surprise, looking back. For about a week, those smug liberals were at a loss to even fathom what Hexbears were saying, and could only chant bullshit about how we're Russian/Chinese bots.

Sure they still do that but they've slightly adapted to Hexbear presence.

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[–] 26 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

I always dreamed of a united human race like in Star Trek or Mass Effect. I remember wishing there was an Anthem for mankind, and then I heard the lyrics to The Internationale...and found a Richard Wolff video explaining what Socialism actually is.

The Harry Potter limits of liberalism jpeg helped a lot too.

I realized in the space of a week that I was a Socialist, not a Liberal. I didn't just want some people liberated, I want everybody liberated. A united human race, unshackled by nationalism or racism or sexism or economic inequality.

... and then I started to realize how many other people I admired had been Socialists, like MLK and Einstein, and then I started to realize how much we've been deliberately lied to about almost everything in the US...

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    ... and then I started to realize how many other people I admired had been Socialists, like MLK and Einstein, and then I started to realize how much we've been deliberately lied to about almost everything in the US...

    basically every time you learn about a historical figure who seems cool, it turns out they founded the US Communist Party or spent 6 months in revolutionary Moscow or aided peasant villages in Mao-era China

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