I found that the members of r/luckystar were saying very sexual things about characters that, while 18, had very child like designs. And even if, they were saying shit like, “Cunny!” and, “Correction!” so, yeah.
I constantly reported all posts and comments like that I came across and eventually made a post asking why they were saying things like that. I wasn’t hostile, and was in fact, rather calm about the situation. Meanwhile, they were all extremely rude and hostile towards my post, calling me names and such, and about 20 minutes later, my account was shadowbanned.
So, not only did Reddit moderation side with the pedos, they didn’t even have the decency to tell me what I did wrong. Assuming how it all happened so suddenly, I’m just gonna assume the pedos all mass-reported my account for God knows what. Any and all appeals I’ve mad since then received no response.
I still stuck around for a few months after that, [that whole deal happened back in May of 2025.] but the extreme leftist political dooming invading every corner of the website I used made it absolutely miserable to use.
Tonight, I finally put my foot down and said, “I quit!” I discovered this website and made an account here. I guess you can use this post to welcome me to the Fediverse.
Actual Existing Socialism refers to countries that are working towards communism; socialist projects. Today that’s China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, DPRK, some may argue Venezuela, Bolivia, and others.
Ah, okay.
Now, I’m curious. What is socialism to you?
When the working class holds state power, a transitionary period as they build the conditions for communism.
If that’s the case, then why do workers have more rights and power in Western nations than those in Russia and China and in these other “Actual Existing Socialist” countries?
Why do you think most products are made in China? Because it’s cheap, including the labour.
I also figured that one of socialism’s core values is the eradication of private ownership, such as private property, which China still has.
Conditions for the workers in China have massively improved over the last 75 years. They continue to improve, as opposed to say, India which continues to export food while farmers hunger.
Due to central planning covering the major industries, everything is cheap in China, when you can get a good meal for 30 cents-2USD, and rent is 300USD, 1500USD/mo goes pretty far.
Cuba, despite 70 years of siege and US-backed terrorism, manages a higher HDI than every Caribbean nation, and a higher life expectancy for her people than America.
China doesn’t have the luxury of stripping the global south for labor and resources. There’s a reason all those countries remain eternally “developing” while China actually manages to improve conditions.
Russia hasn’t been socialist for 35 years.
Private property has been a useful tool to develop the means of production. The capitalist class however, remains subordinated to the interests of the working class, as such we occasionally see one take a trip to a farm upstate when they step outside their lane. By 2050, Xi said it will no longer be necessary, so we should expect further reductions in the capitalists independence.
That’s nice that China is improving, but if you’re arguing on a purely worker basis, then Western, especially European and Commonwealth nations, have China beat, and by your definition, are more socialist.
This is true, but so too are their standards of living. I am curious though as to their minimum wage and how that compares to other nations.
So it’s state capitalist then? And you take the word of the rich when they colour themselves as the government? Even when they’re a foreign nation? So bizarre to me to be arguing for a nation you’re not a part of.
If you agree that Western nations have better worker rights and more freedom than workers in China, then wouldn’t it make more sense to support socialism in the West instead of a state capitalist foreign nation? And I want to specify, by the West, I mean democratic and liberal nations, such as those in the Commonwealth or Europe.
Workers having more crumbs while still being subservient to capital doesn’t make them more socialist.
It uses markets to solve specific problems.
There are rich whom are party members, and are even less independent than rich people who have no connection to the government. We can infer they are not in control from the government’s actions, from not propping up property prices to reeducating or even executing capitalists who commit social murder.
I’m not a nationalist, this isn’t team sports.
Of course I support most any anti-capitalist party. But I’ve pretty much given up hope for the west.
But China is state capitalist, dude, it’s not socialist. Hell, even in your argument for not propping up property prices, China still has extensive private property. That’s contradictive of socialism!
So what exactly is your stance? Since China doesn’t meet your definition of socialist. Are you advocating for state capitalism instead?
Like you’ve got some wires crossed somewhere here. I think you’re conflating socialism and capitalism with imperialism.
My definition for socialism is that the working class holds power, as opposed to capital. China, Cuba, Vietnam, all meet that criteria. They use markets, but that doesn’t make them state capitalist as capital doesn’t dictate policy as in capitalist states.
Is your argument that a state is only socialist if they abolish private property on day 1?