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Suddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them? (sh.itjust.works)

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If so, was it polled somewhere?

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[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

certain authoritarian countries

Which ones?

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

China, mostly. But some of them do shill for russia too.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago

And North Korea...

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

But why? What's the motivation?

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

USA bad = anti-USA good

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[–] Zirconium@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Doesn't help that leftist intellectuals don't do their damn research and blame NATO for the Ukraine war. Popular intellectuals really sound dumb the second they step out of field. Like Richard Dawkins not understanding transgender people and trying to frame it as "just asking question."

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

"Communism, like Soviet Russia" has three common responses.

1: Denying the country was communist, saying communism has never been tried.

2: Calling it a failure case, like how liberal democracies also suffer dictatorship.

3: "That was totally communism and that means it was awesome!"

/r/EnoughLibertarianSpam, /r/Politics, /r/ChapoTrapHouse.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

China is a "successful" example of a "communist" state and for young people attracted to communism that's kinda all they've got. Not a good approach imo, China fucking sucks.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

China is NOT communist.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I actually agree but here we are.

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, Cuba is a decent example, but they never seem to talk about it too much. China is absolutely not communist by any means. They can call it anything they want, but they have the 2nd most amount of billionaires in the world right behind the US. They are capitalist at this point with a few communist policies sprinkled in their government processes.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Cuba is a much better example, yes.

[–] mycorrhiza@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why are you asking these people about hexbear's positions, reasoning, and motivations, instead of asking hexbear?

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because to me, it sounds like hexbear is full of psychopaths and trolls?

[–] mycorrhiza@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yeah, but you're getting that impression secondhand

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think I'm comfortable with that

[–] mycorrhiza@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

even though someone's telling you it's bullshit?

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Nah, I've since had a little time to peruse hexbear HQ and it's a legitimate tire fire of a community