If the Twitter/X thing teaches you one thing, let it be this: Twitter was a neoliberal place. Then Elon Musk made it into X, a fascist place. Once again, neoliberalism laid the foundations of fascism. But that’s not the (whole) lesson… Neoliberal folks are still using X, calling it Twitter to make themselves feel better, and pining for the good old days. And there’s the real lesson: When neoliberalism turns into fascism, neoliberals will adapt to life under fascism. Right, class dismissed.

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(We really need a better way to crosspost from mastodon…)

  • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1715·
    8 months ago

    I am a proponent of the fediverse as well but I do it without disparaging the people on X who are still there because the community they’ve been a part of for 2 decades is still there.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1416·
      8 months ago

      without disparaging the people on X who are still there because the community they’ve been a part of for 2 decades is still there

      No, those weak-willed people are a big part of the problem and are therefore even more deserving of disparagement.

        • novibe@lemmy.mlEnglish
          16·
          8 months ago

          Yes. Real leftists have no loved ones.

          The only love we need is our love for Marx, may peace be upon him.

            • novibe@lemmy.mlEnglish
              4·
              8 months ago

              That’s how it works in anime right? We do a tournament and the survivor will be the strongest leftist. They’ll be able to defeat all fascists by themselves. Truly a masterful plan.

              • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafeEnglish
                3·
                8 months ago

                That’d actually make a pretty sick anime imo

                Like the antifa version of Hetalia: Axis Powers

                Sure, you could argue that it innately defeats the entire point, but just toss in a team up at the end and it’s all cool

          • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
            63·
            8 months ago

            That’s like saying “you don’t have to be in the guild, you can still private message people”

            There’s more to a community than just the people you’re close enough to have other forms of communication with. I don’t have the contact info for a lot of my acquaintances online outside of the specific platform I talk to them on