this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
662 points (91.6% liked)
Lefty Memes
6798 readers
1424 users here now
An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of "ML" (read: Dengist) influence. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.
Serious posts, news, discussion and agitprop/stuff that's better fit for a poster than a meme go in c/Socialism.
If you are new to socialism, you can ask questions and find resources over on c/Socialism101.
Please don't forget to help keep this community clean by reporting rule violations, updooting good contributions and downdooting those of low quality!
Rules
0. Only post socialist memes
That refers to funny image macros and means that generally videos and screenshots are not allowed. Exceptions include explicitly humorous and short videos, as well as (social media) screenshots depicting a funny situation, joke, or joke picture relating to socialist movements, theory, societal issues, or political opponents. Examples would be the classic case of humorous Tumblr or Twitter posts/threads. (and no, agitprop text does not count as a meme. Please post agitprop here)
0.5 [Provisional Rule] Use alt text or image descriptions to allow greater accessibility
(Please take a look at our wiki page for the guidelines on how to actually write alternative text!)
We require alternative text (from now referred to as "alt text") to be added to all posts/comments containing media, such as images, animated GIFs, videos, audio files, and custom emojis.
EDIT: For files you share in the comments, a simple summary should be enough if theyβre too complex.
We are committed to social equity and to reducing barriers of entry, including (digital) communication and culture. It takes each of us only a few moments to make a whole world of content (more) accessible to a bunch of folks.
When alt text is absent, a reminder will be issued. If you don't add the missing alt text within 48 hours, the post will be removed. No hard feelings.
0.5.1 Style tip about abbreviations and short forms
When writing stuff like "lol" and "iirc", it's a good idea to try and replace those with their all caps counterpart
- ofc => OFC
- af = AF
- ok => OK
- lol => LOL
- bc => BC
- bs => BS
- iirc => IIRC
- cia => CIA
- nato => Nato (you don't spell it when talking, right?)
- usa => USA
- prc => PRC
- etc.
Why? Because otherwise (AFAIK), screen readers will try to read them out as actually words instead of spelling them
1. Socialist Unity in the form of mutual respect and good faith interactions is enforced here
Try to keep an open mind, other schools of thought may offer points of view and analyses you haven't considered yet. Also: This is not a place for the Idealism vs. Materialism or rather Anarchism vs. Marxism debate(s), for that please visit c/AnarchismVsMarxism.
2. Anti-Imperialism means recognizing capitalist states like Russia and China as such
That means condemning (their) imperialism, even if it is of the "anti-USA" flavor.
3. No liberalism, (right-wing) revisionism or reactionaries.
That includes so called: Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism, Dengism, Market Socialism, Patriotic Socialism, National Bolshevism, Anarcho-Capitalism etc. . Anti-Socialist people and content have no place here, as well as the variety of "Marxist"-"Leninists" (read: Dengists) (actual ML's are welcome as long as they agree to the rules and don't just copy paste/larp about stuff from a hundred years ago).
4. No Bigotry.
The only dangerous minority is the rich.
5. Don't demonize previous and current socialist experiments or (leading) individuals.
We must constructively learn from their mistakes, while acknowledging their achievements and recognizing when they have strayed away from socialist principles.
(if you are reading the rules to apply for modding this community, mention "Mantic Minotaur" when answering question 2)
6. Don't irrationally idolize/glorify previous and current socialist experiments or (leading) individuals.
Notable achievements in all spheres of society were made by various socialist/people's/democratic republics around the world. Mistakes, however, were made as well: bureaucratic castes of parasitic elites - as well as reactionary cults of personality - were established, many things were mismanaged and prejudice and bigotry sometimes replaced internationalism and progressiveness.
- Absolutely no posts or comments meant to relativize(/apologize for), advocate, promote or defend:
- Racism
- Sexism
- Queerphobia
- Ableism
- Classism
- Sexual assault
- Genocide/ethnic cleansing or (mass) deportations
- Fascism
- (National) chauvinism
- Orientalism
- Colonialism or Imperialism (and their neo- counterparts)
- Zionism
- Religious fundamentalism of any kind
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
No. I'm saying that democrats already have the position that a wide majority of their constituents hold (as shown by the primary victories of corporate democrats time and again on a national level). The lemmy echo chamber doesn't represent "wide majorities" whatsoever. Hillary and Kamala both lost by less than 5%.
Iif a few more idealists would have held their nose and voted blue despite the terrible candidates you would have problems right now of the type "the solar energy incentives are going to big corporations instead of homeowners" or "Kamala-Care offers too many loopholes and doesn't provide a single payer system" instead of the current "the pedophile criminal is executing citizens in broad daylight while transferring 10 billion dollars to his slush fund and threatening war with Venezuela, Iran and Denmark".
But at least you didn't vote for an impure candidate, so you have that going for you... I'll be enjoying my universal Healthcare, 14 months of paid maternity leave and 30 days of PTO over here. Peace!
OK, well, what you're saying is demonstrably wrong. Recent polling shows that 65% of Democrats are sympathetic towards Palestinians, while 17% of Democrats' sympathies lie with the Israelis. By the way, those numbers are at 41% to 30% with independents, so that means Democrats' current position on Gaza is still 11 points underwater with those, "swing voters," they're always chasing.
However, if you're using elections as your barometer, well, the Democrats own internal report (which the DNC tried to bury), shows that, "Kamala Harris lost significant support because of the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza." Also, if you think that, "primary victories of corporate democrats," prove that being pro-Israel is a net positive for Democrats, "on a national level," I'd like to point out that Biden didn't face a real primary in 2024, and Harris didn't face a primary at all, so Democratic voters haven't weighed in nationally on Israel/Gaza since 2020. But if the local victories of folks like Mamdani and Majia are any indicator, then I'd say being pro-Israel is a pretty bad position to take.
Anyway, I'll admit that I was so overwhelmed by how spectacularly wrong you were in that first sentence that I didn't even read the rest of your comment, but skimming it now, I can see it the same, "lesser evil," arguments I've been hearing since 2016, to which I'll say, "no one gives a shit." Would we be better off with Harris than Trump? Of course. That's why I voted for her. But it doesn't fucking matter. The, "lesser evil," argument may be correct, but time and again it has failed with voters. You can bitch all you want about people not voting how you think they should, but at the end of the day, it won't make a difference. Give them something they want to vote for in 2028 or lose.
What about the 240 years before 2024?
What about them? That question is so vague asking it without further context is meaningless.
If only lemmy kept context.
No one knows what fhe fuck you're trying to say, dude. I made, like, six different points about the Democrats and the 2024 election and you replied with, "what about the entirety of American history?" What about it? WTF is your point?
Democrats put candidates in primaries and people votes for them, that's my point. Just because you don't like doesn't mean Americans as a group don't. Even if they disagree on a single issue.
Oh, OK, so then this is also something you're wrong about, because that's not how the process has worked for 240 years. The Democratic party itself has existed for less than 200 years, it's modern form as a (ostensibly) left-leaninf, pro-labor party has existed for less than 100 years, and the modern primary process, where the voters actually select a candidate, has only existed since 1972. Before that, party delegates would just pick a candidate in a backroom meeting and voters would be stuck with it. People were incredibly unhappy with that system, which is why it was reformed in 1072 with binding primaries. The Democrats tried to limit voter influence in the 80s by adding Superdelegates, but after the outsized roll they played the disastrous 2016 election, they were reformed in 2018. Some of those reforms were rolled back in 2024 so they could anoint Harris.
Also, a large majority of Democratic voters did not want Joe Biden to run again in 2024, but the Democrats refused to hold debates and kept challengers off the ballot in many states. That did not end well, and no, Americans as a group are not fucking happy with this system. Generally speaking, people who are happy their current systems of government don't elect fascist conmen who promise to burn the system down.
The fascist conman promised kicking immigrants, banning muslims, protecting pedophiles, triggering libs and tax breaks for the rich, not to burn the system down. Project 2025 was there for all to see. And people just didn't vote against him.
As long as the have been primaries the leftist candidate has lost. Maybe leftist should start acting instead of whining online?
OMFG dude, Project 2025 is burning the system down. What do you think dismantling the federal bureaucracy, illegally shuttering federal agencies, and removing the independence of the FBI and DOJ is? He promised to take a wrecking ball to the entire system, and low information voters said, "fuck it, my life has only grown worse under this system, might as well."
I could further explain how the Democratic primary system has been suppressing progressives for the last quarter century, but since you didn't engage with any of the points I've already made on that topic, it would be a waste of my time. I can't tell if you're an American who knows shockingly little about their own government or a foreigner who's arrogant enough to explain another countries political systems to their own citizens, but either way, you're embarrassing yourself.
most americans dont vote
chronically, year after year, decade after decade
That in itself is a choice.