There is a spectre haunting the lemmyverse

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1019349

There is a spectre haunting the lemmyverse - Lemmygrad

It’s lemmygrad, we’re the spectre. I’d bet at least half of the other instances out there block us, there’s only like 300 dedicated users on this instance, and they still can’t stop complaining about lemmygrad/tankies

I haven’t heard of you yet, what are they complaining about? I’ve only heard complaints about Nazis and fascists, not commies

Can’t tell if this is supposed to be a “tankie red fash lol” dig but I’ll take it in good faith anyways.

We uphold socialism here, not that socialist states are/were perfect places, but that they are/were legitimate attempts at building worker states, and demonstrably improved the lives of their citizens. Liberals (we use that to mean anyone from a nordic soc dem to moderate republican, or even unserious anarchists) really really don’t like this. The accuse us of “genocide denial” or just being “delusional” for questioning the dominant western narrative

It doesn’t help that there really is nuance in discussing previous and current socialist experiments but even that has practically become a meme and is met with “communism has never worked” commentary from liberals.
US capitalism isn’t working, so there’s that as a counter point lol
Oh, US capitalism is working exactly as intended. They just lie about what was intended.
It works fine enough for the exploiting bourgeois and the imperialists. It wasn’t meant for us and hence doesn’t work for us.