Trump is a symptom of the late-stage imperialist system the US Empire is in, not a unique figure dramatically changing the course of history.

Adam Smith was a political economist examining capitalism (and made several errors along the way that Marx corrected, such as utterly confusing fixed vs. circulating capital). Ford also only “pushed” for 40 hour, 5 day work weeks because worker organizing was fighting for it.

The creation of capitalism wasn’t from an idea about a new system, but from the rise of inventions like the steam engine and industrial production leading to commodity production becoming the basis of production and distribution, as compared to more agrarian production and small manufacturers.

The US Empire grew to imperial dominance post-WWII. It was seen as a good ally only to the west. 9/11 was the excuse, not the cause of the empire’s genocide in Iraq and subsequent plunder, and the recession wasn’t caused by 9/11 either, but was a natural element of capitalism’s regular boom/bust cycle.

With or without 9/11, the US Empire would still be a gradually dying empire hated by the world.

What is link aggregation? Just combining network connections of a cloud? What does that have to do with lemmy?

Think reddit, you post links to articles, videos, etc. for the majority of posts.

Why would there by different servers in the first place doesn’t that make the social media smaller for everyone?

Instances can talk to each other, like email. gmail accounts can talk to yahoo accounts. You have a Lemmy.world account, but are talking to me on a Lemmy.ml communiity with my Lemmy.ml account.

What is an instance?

Kinda like a server. Your instance is Lemmy.world, mine is Lemmy.ml. Instances are their own websites with their own communities, but can see other instances they are federated with. Local browsing is your instance, all browsing is for everything you’re federated with.

Isn’t the point of a federalized social media to be better connected?

Yes and no. Not everyone wants to be connected with everyone.

Can I use my account I just made for Lemmy in something like Mastodon?

Sort of. You can interact with Mastodon users, but not in the Mastodon format.

How can I access content from different social media?

Not sure what you mean. Lemmy is a link aggregator, and you interact via Lemmy.

Right now we are on the lemmy.world server, can I take my same account and go to another one?

Lemmy doesn’t support true account migration, but you can open new accounts.

Why would I change my server when there are already different communities here? Isn‘t changing your server more tedious than just clicking on another community?

Some instances are themed, like Mander.xyz is themed around science, Lemmygrad.ml is themed around Marxism-Leninism, etc. Scrolling locally can curate your experience. Lemmy.world has defederated from some instances such as Hexbear.net and Lemmygrad.ml, so you can’t see their content from your account, while I can from Lemmy.ml. It’s worth checking the vibe of an instance before joining for the long term.

Well-said. LLMs do have some useful applications, but they cannot replace human creativity nor are they omniscient.

While not immune, moving to FOSS, federated social media helps by removing the profit motive.

Agreed! They take issue more with the argument style to dismiss the substance.

It’s a real thing, for sure, but more often than not is used as a conversation terminator.

Thanks, comrade! No worries, it’s very flattering, but this won’t be the last time someone accuses you of being me making an alt.

Again, I’m not @Cowbee_Admirer@reddthat.com. You can check @vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net’s account and see that he writes in a similar style that is distinct from mine. While flattering, I’d actually appreciate if comrade vovchik_ilich didn’t use my username as an alt-name, even if it isn’t the same, because I don’t like the idea of a cult of personality around me and because it can lead to confusion, like here.

I have 3 accounts: @Cowbee@lemmy.ml, @Cowbee@hexbear.net, and @Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml. I used to have a lemm.ee account that I abandoned before making my Lemmy.ml account, made my Hexbear alt a long while after, and a Grad account very recently. I only use Lemmy.ml when interacting with any federated instance, and scroll Grad and Hexbear locally.

All that being said, you have no evidence that I have multiple accounts, nor can you actually argue against the points being made. This is just conspiracy-theory nonsense.

I have the same understanding of socialism as Marx, Engels, Lenin, and those who uphold them today. Cuba, Vietnam, the PRC, etc are all examples of socialism. Socialism is, at its simplest, public ownership as the principle aspect of the economy and the working classes in control of the state.

Who are these “modern socialists?” Do you have a country you can point to, or perhaps an organization? Why are these “modern” socialists as compared to what I uphold?

Neither do I. They all support the working class controlling the state, the dictatorship of the proletariat, which is what I support.

Neither do I. They all support the working class controlling the state, the dictatorship of the proletariat, which is what I support.

I don’t “lick authoritarian boot” for supporting existing socialism, and the person you’re replying to isn’t me.

Considering you think you’re replying to me, I’m not a fascist, I’m a communist, same as Marx, Engels, Lenin, etc. There are no CPC agents pointing guns at me, I’m a communist that organizes in real life.

I also can’t ban you anywhere, the only space I moderate is Hexbear’s c/theory comm, which on a .world account you can’t even see.

I’m the same kind of socialist as Marx, Engels, Lenin, etc. I’m a Marxist-Leninist, communist, whatever you want to call me. I’m no Nazi, and equating Nazism with communism contributes to Double Genocide Theory, a form of Holocaust trivialization.

I’m also not banned here either, I can talk to you just fine. This is a conspiracy-theory with 0 evidence, I’m not sure why you believe it so strongly.

Always claims of sea-lioning, but never any evidence. You’ve had me blocked for over a year now, why continue this crusade?

Sure, there are a lot of bad-faith critiques going around. I do think that your point using me as an example doesn’t really work if your example is out of context. The thing about propaganda is that anyone pushing a particular view is propagandizing, but that doesn’t mean it’s inherently misinformation. Identifying bias is important, as is developing media literacy to see where people are being less than truthful.

I don’t really think this is true, I engage with the entirety of what people say. As far as I know, you have Lemmy.ml blocked on your piefed account, and we haven’t interacted in years, so I’m not sure where you’re getting this idea from.