Late Stage Capitalism
A One-Stop-Shop for Evidence of our Social, Moral and Ideological Rot.
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News, discussion, memes, and links criticizing capitalism and advancing viewpoints that challenge the narratives which act as legitimations for the status quo of modern class society. Posts need not be about capitalism specifically, whether late-stage or otherwise; we simply aim to cater to a socialist audience.
We do allow links to threads and comments on Lemmy/Reddit, as long as they are relevant to the content guidelines and follow the rules. Use NP links, or your post will be deleted.
Philosophy:
This community has its roots in broad-based anti-capitalist thought, with an emphasis on Marxist concepts and analysis and a commitment to antiracism and inclusive feminism.
When it comes to proposed alternatives to Capitalism, it is the general consensus of this community that class-divisions and alienated labour must be abolished; production must be collectively organized by the laborers themselves for the direct benefit of all. We call this socialism.
Find out more here: The Principles of Communism
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Why does it matter to distinguish jews and zionists? Would you waste your energy distinguishing ~~nazis and Germans~~ (edit: terrible example) white settlers and whiteness?
Edit: I'm against antisemitism or anti-Jewishness, I just think that this shouldn't be a discussion in the context of Palestinian liberation,
~ Stalin. Order of the Day #55 February 23, 1942
The post-war Soviet Union went through great lengths examining the records of everyone involved with the invasion, cross-examining documents, conducting journalistic investigations, etc. To ensure the full measure of justice was applied to each case according to the crimes committed. There were platoons of normal army soldiers put to death for fulfilling their orders to massacre the innocent just as there were platoons of normal Army soldiers that weren't because they were actually humans and figures out ways to not participate in the genocide of the Soviet people's.
Justice is justice.
My example was stupid I agree, I should've compared it with another settler colony
South Africa would be a better example, for at least the first step of a post-fascist Israel that has been stuffed to the point of exploding with humility pies.
As a matter of fact, I would.
That's fair tho I still don't think it matters
I promised to stop sorry <3
Because in a just world, all zionists would be shot on sight, and there is no crime of being Jewish.
The same way it was disgusting for Japanese-Americans to be sent to internment camps for something they had no involvement in.
The Hasidic groups in Palestine are great allies of the Palestinian people. The neighborhood of Mea Shearim has been turned into a ghetto by the zionist entity as punishment for their solidarity.
While I never made the same exclamation you have, I did however call out how a majority of Jewish people in Europe supported the zionist entity with unconditional support, 86% IIRC.
But even then, the distinction is necessary. Look at how many white people, in europe, america, australia, even south africa, are disgusting imperialist dogs. Yet we still make a distinction between white people and white supremacists or colonizers.
Where is it a crime to be Jewish? Genuinely asking
You misinterpreted what I said. It should be a crime to be zionist, but should not be a crime to be Jewish
That's fair ig
because hating nazis isn't anti-german bigotry. The same way hating zionists should never be anti-jewish bigotry. There are black and brown skinned nazis, fascist ideologies aren't coherent and blanket hating of jews and not qualifying them when they are zionists is exactly what Israel wants the common sentiment to be. Do I care if palestinians or yemenis aren't careful with their language while actively fighting Israel though? No. Israel stamps jewish symbols onto these peoples heads, they can sort out the language after their struggle.
They're not the same that's true, but would anti German bigotry matter in the context of nazi Germany?
It would matter only in so far as the Fascists could have used it as a pretext for more oppression, as in the case whereafter Herschel Grynszpan murdered Ernst vom Rath (in Paris), or in the case whereafter Theodore N. Kaufman published a rant (in Imperial America) calling for the sterilisation of Germans. Then again, considering that the Fascists had fabricated casus belli before, an argument could be made that if no pretext existed, it would have been necessary to invent one.
By the way, the neocolony treats actual antisemites better than Palestinian children.
Very informative thank you
Because they aren't the same, you can be a jew and not a zionist as well as being a zionist and not a jew.
That's true they aren't the same
Stop
That doesn't respond to my question but I'll stop just for you <3
My comment was removed? I did not express any bigotry that's unfair