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I have proposed, in the past, that the JDPON should disperse the Amerikkkans throughout the Third World instead of allowing them to remain in occupied North America. Here are some of my reasons:
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A geographic concentration of Amerikkkans would facilitate counterrevolution. It would also be difficult to exercise proletarian dictatorship over hundreds of millions of enemies: we would need to import a huge unproductive sector of police and such from the Third World. As a practical matter, it would be better to thin the Amerikkkans out, making them minorities in the Third World, where they could easily be controlled and supervised by the international proletariat.
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Amerikkkans will need to undergo re-education. It would be very difficult to re-educate them in their own kkkountry. They need to be in a proletarian environment where they can learn from the masses.
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There are land claims to settle, mainly for the First Nations, but also for Aztlán [occupied Mexico – MSH) and perhaps the Black nation. Conceivably some other nations could be moved to North America if they wished to be, such as Nauru or the small nations in Ghana whose land has been ruined by imperialist corporations. Amerikkkans are going to have to move out of much of North America and make room for other nations.
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Amerikkkan kkkulture is almost totally reactionary. There is little worth saving in Amerikkkan kkkulture. It would be better to force Amerikkkans to assimilate to the more culturally and politically advanced peoples of the Third World. There is also historic justice in forcing Amerikkkans to assimilate, just as they destroyed so many other nations and cultures.
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In the early stages of socialism, the Third World will require skilled workers and technicians of various kinds, including medical personnel. These persyns are disproportionately concentrated in the First World. Moving them to the Third World will be a practical way to address an urgent need.
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The Third World is also owed big reparations. An excellent way to make those reparations is to put Amerikkkans to work building infrastructure in the Third World: roads, housing, water supplies, sewage, electricity, telecommunications, schools. Amerikkkans can also work in Third World factories and fields to expand production for the benefit of the Third World.
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Part of the process of civilizing and proletarianizing Amerikkkans will be putting them to productive work–for a change. Amerikkka has so little productive capacity that there may not be many ways to put all those people to work in occupied North America. They may have to go to the factories and fields of the Third World.
8 ) Amerikkkans will need to be reduced to a Third World standard of living. If they stay in occupied North Amerikkka, they will benefit from the vastly better infrastructure and all the stolen wealth that they currently hold. It would be better to move them to the Third World as a way of accelerating the process of re-education.
- There are historical precedents for relocating large numbers of enemies. Millions of Germans were forced to move after the Soviet victory over fascism in World War II. Even enemies like the united $nakes and the “united” KKKingdom agreed that it was necessary to move Germans off land that was needed for Poles, Czechs, and others. Again, this is related to the national question of the First Nations, Aztlán [occupied Mexico – MSH], and the Black nation.
Is this a good idea? What are its advantages and disadvantages? How can we improve upon it?
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Thank you for this, it’s a breath of fresh air. The rest of Lemmy (minus the explicitly socialist instances) has basically been Reddit-lite ever since June 2023, and it’s getting worse in some ways. I didn’t want to be a part of that even though I was also leaving Reddit at that time (but had been highly disillusioned with the platform and barely posted at that point), and found a good home here. I love it.
The thing is that Lemmy.ml is a general purpose instance, it’s not about promoting Marxism, but still it upholds values that for certain people look like inconceivable requisites. We do not ask you to become a communist, but simply to understand that the rules based order imposed by the US do not apply here. We want to hear what oppressed people cannot say elsewhere.
Most definitely, I didn’t mean to imply that this was itself an instance focused on socialism. Just that it tends to avoid the pitfalls of US-centric Reddit culture in a way I find welcoming and easy to adhere to as it matches my values, which happen to underpin my Marxism. As a (mostly) lurker with limited time, browsing local and reading comments is pretty great for me after a hard day of work.
For context, I naively joined Lemmy.world when making my initial Lemmy account. Moved here within a month or two, lol, cause it was too much like Reddit.
Another thing I like about Lemmy.ml - being a general purpose instance it has a lot going on in terms of topics, and stays federated with instances that I may want to engage with for the purposes of casual conversation or to occasionally discuss politics when I have the time (like today, while recovering from an illness). I appreciate you and all the other admins and community mods here for keeping it this way.
oh shit the memes have been seized oh god oh fuck
I used that comment as a ban but honestly I could have chosen any, they were all over the community commenting all sorts of things.
Here, we consciously prioritize the voices of the global majority
Based. Exactly this.
Anyone who considers themself a leftist should dream of a world where one’s birthplace does not determine their political power, and should be outraged at how much global power the US wields, through force, despite comprising such a small segment of the global population. The principle of “one person, one vote” while living in an imperial hegemon means that we have a responsibility to prioritize the voices and perspectives of the global majority, and of the people affected by our countries’ aggression who have no say in our politics.
…even if that means getting called “selfish” by scratched liberals on .world who explicitly say that American lives are more valuable than those of foreigners.
Nice
But I’m a marginalised white middle class Christian man and I demand for you to read and accept my opinion as fact!!!
Lemmy.ml and Hexbear have been wonderful to read. I always learn something.
o7
Love it, keep up the good work.
Y’all have a great opportunity to make MoG’s biggest dreams come true (YPTB’s too).
So far, 19 people have downvoted this post and had their votes federate.
That doesn’t seem very nice to me.
How do you use custom emoji on .ml? :o
9·20 days agoAdd emoji to the title:
[](url "emoji")But that requires the images you have to be formatted like emojis, so go copy from hexbear they have a lot of emojies already, you can see the markdown source by clicking the paper icon in-between the downvote button and the reply button.
thanks comrade :^) I take one too many breaks and forget how to do markdown entirely
The cat basically covered it - even outed my usual source. My only disagreement is that they don’t need to be emoji formatted. You can emojify anything, it’ll just look bad and take way too long to load.
Oh right, yeah, you can, I just meant that it would look bad as you say.
Thank you comrade!
Bless you 🙏
Thank you for stating this, can not agree enough
Eurolib/eurosettler-centric views, begone!
Should you face moderation, the reason will be visible in the modlog
The modlog can omit the original comment and may not include a substantive reason for removal. That means moderators can remove content while leaving little or no trace of what was removed or why, effectively enabling silent unaccountable censorship.
If the modlog is incomplete by design (or even buggy), it should be described honestly.
If the original comment is not present, it’s because it was deemed offensive, you don’t want slurs being showed in public. You know what you posted or commented, reasons are always given, so you know when to ask a moderator or admin for a possible mistake or if you actually erred.
Just to be clear, yes, we are in favour of censoring content that’s deemed offensive or discriminating, or that promotes right wing ideologies. It is not silent, or unaccountable, though.
I understand not showing slurs publicly. My point is that if the original content can be hidden and the reason can be vague, then “the modlog will show the reason” isn’t meaningfully accountability … it’s closer to “trust us.” If you’re moderating based on moderator discretion (eg. “deemed offensive” or “right-wing ideology”) in addition to the written rules, it’d be more transparent to state that explicitly in the rules or policy.
The nice thing about the fediverse is people can choose communities whose moderation philosophy matches them … but only if it’s clearly documented up-front.
how do you think moderation happens if it is not “based on moderator discretion”? There is no rule that fits all scenarios, you always need a human to decide that…
I’m not arguing against moderator discretion, I’m saying this community would benefit from stating the discretion boundary explicitly.
You’re already doing it in practice (“deemed offensive,” “promotes right-wing ideologies”), and that’s your right. But between what’s been stated in this post and the current written rules, it’s easy for users to assume a level of consistency and auditability that the tooling doesn’t really provide.
Maybe something like this would help:
Rule 3: Respect the community’s principles.
Posts/comments may be removed if they conflict with our mission to center Global South perspectives. This includes (but isn’t limited to) discriminatory language, colonial/imperialist framing, or right-wing ideology.
Removed content may not be shown in the modlog. Removal reasons may be brief.
That would make expectations crystal clear and avoid confusion.
I think some of those are superseded by the instance’s rules, so communities generally avoid stating the same rules twice. E.g.: the instance’s rules and the community’s rules. I’ll message and admin and ask their opinion, though.
