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So I made a comment on worldnews criticizing Chinese activity in the south china sea and apparently got banned for it by the automod. This happen to anyone else? Is this Lemmy's version of the need help post and the shape of things to come?

The instance I posted in was Lemmy.ml

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[–] Quereller@lemmy.one 41 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The .ml stands for Marxist /Leninist.

[–] Dnn@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Funny, communists always insist China isn't communist at all, so why would they care about it being criticized?

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Tankies aren't that type of communist, that is, sane. Tankies are auth rights disguised as leftists.

[–] Tranus@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Aren't tankies authoritarian leftists? What's "right" about them?

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago
[–] s_s@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Marx encouraged fascist dictatorships as a method to bring about the proletariat revolution.

And this is why dictators love the, "give me just a little more power and once it's secured I'll hand it all back to the people, pinky swear" schtick.

[–] el_bhm@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

If you go by the origin of the division and their definitions, they certainly are right. Authoritarian gov means centralising power. People arguing for the Ancient Regime were also pushing better for the people rethoric.

Besides, they are supporting a state that is closest to a nazi state. russia.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

I disagree, they're firmly authleft, the problem is "auth."

Being authoritarian about leftist ideals doesn't secretly make you right wing because "authoritarian = right wing." Leftism isn't "when good," you can have bad leftists and pretending otherwise is nothing more than delusion.

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz -1 points 8 months ago

Potatoes potatoes.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Because the only stance that tankies actually hold is "America bad", to the degree that anyone that is an opponent of America must automatically be good and must be supported at all costs

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

The communists who say China isn't communist aren't the ones that go to bat for them.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Quereller@lemmy.one 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did the Lemmy developers register the name under the .ml TLD because they are such fans of Mali? Maybe but probably not.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 points 8 months ago

Because the domains are literally free