Please don’t speak of Marxism without understanding it
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wtry@lemm.eeOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are your opinions on the self-proclaimed Socialist YouTuber Second Thought?37·1 year agoHis support of Authoritarianism rubs me the wrong way, especially with his support of the USSR and CCP. I have more examples, but I’d have to scrounge them up.
wtry@lemm.eeOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are your opinions on the self-proclaimed Socialist YouTuber Second Thought?63·1 year agoOne of the most obvious ones in this video is him comparing plain-clothes police to secret police. He also conveniently forgets both the definition of Authoritarianism:
A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system. Via Wiktionary
and Nazis. Vaush has a good video debunking this one
wtry@lemm.eeOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are your opinions on the self-proclaimed Socialist YouTuber Second Thought?42·1 year agoThe term originated when (iirc) Czechoslovakia was invaded by its fellow countries in the Warsaw Pact (it was also in the Warsaw Pact). Supporters of the invasion and supporters of a one-party Authoritarian State were henceforth called “Tankies”.
wtry@lemm.eeOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are your opinions on the self-proclaimed Socialist YouTuber Second Thought?16·1 year agoI personally don’t think he’s a real Socialist due to some things he’s done/has said, but I’d like to hear your opinions.
I’ve heard it recommended and I’ve never had a problem with it.
How do servers get on joinmastodon.org, and other catalogs?
I also like it, but it seems that not a lot of creators from yt, or even peertube creators make really good content. Of course, I could be wrong, and if I am, I’d appreciate if you’d give me some good peertube creators
They (Lbry inc) are being shut down for their crypto-token things. They didn’t have kyc and the sec got very mad at them.
wtry@lemm.eeOPto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Is Brave Browser currently as privacy disrespecting as some say?51·2 years agoI have officially switched back to firefox
wtry@lemm.eeOPto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Is Brave Browser currently as privacy disrespecting as some say?2179·2 years agoI’ll do it when Firefox gets a UI that looks modern.
edit - fine
Most of the reason socialism didn’t do well is because the United States overthrew socialist countries that elected socialism and replaced them with capitalist dictators.
wtry@lemm.eeOPto Linux@lemmy.ml•What are the best linux utilities for only decrypting and encrypting pgp?2·2 years agoI’ve now been using age for a bit on opensuse and I recommend it, seems really secure and is a lot simpler.
wtry@lemm.eeOPto Linux@lemmy.ml•what are some advanced linux distros that don't have me compiling everything?21·2 years agoThanks, I’ll try that!
Wage-Labor and Capital to George Washington.