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  • gxgx55@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlGotta hold onto that power somehow
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    1 year ago

    What has me perpelexed is the fact that the USSR also did this, just to a slightly less genocidal degree - all the other SSRs largely served to supply the RSFSR, but some people do not consider it to be imperialist.

    The greed for power and resources can stem from capitalism, but it really isn’t the only possible cause.


  • gxgx55@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlWell I'm out of ideas
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    I think you’re putting words in my mouth, never did I imply or think that Ukraine is responsible for what is happening, or that Ukraine is not right in wanting all their territory back. However, it is factual that if Ukraine wants to secure its territory, which is entirely justified, it will not be by means that are describable as “peace” or “peaceful”, because russia is not backing down like complete idiots(a common theme).

    Is what I am saying false?


  • gxgx55@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlWell I'm out of ideas
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    Fair enough. I guess I’ve spent too much time seeing disingenuous calls for “peace” on the internet, mostly by pro-russia shills, with the intent of painting the western support of Ukraine as evil warmongering or something.

    We do wish for peace ultimately, but there’s a whole lot of violence to happen if it is going to be on Ukrainian terms, because russia does not look like it wants to back down.



  • gxgx55@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlRigged system
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    1 year ago

    but working in tech I just know there’s no such thing as “online gambling”.

    I wouldn’t call pseudorandomess(if that’s what you’re implying) as disqualifying something from being gambling - it only needs to be random enough with an even distribution.

    If instead you’re talking about odds being slightly in favor of the house then… that’s literally no different than gambling irl either. At which point, I have to question what you even define as “gambling”.


  • My problem with Lemmy is the lack of activity in niche communities. You’re right that there needs to be a critical mass and arguably Lemmy has it, but only for the most mainstream, generic type of content. It doesn’t have the mass to sustain any sort of niche, outside of maybe tech related topics because of the way the userbase is slanted.

    I find myself going back there often because of that, but I hope that the userbase for generic content enough to sustain and grow, from where more active niche communities can spring up.


  • gxgx55@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlHow i feel on Lemmy
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    1 year ago

    Sure, but the meme refers to the communities on the internet that unironically go full tankie, praising Stalin and Mao.

    Worst of all, tankies tend to inflitrate sane leftist spaces and slowly transform them. I’ve witnessed it many times, and that just makes me think that Marxists-Leninists are just the most dominant form of leftism on the internet, which is horrible.