Edit: For context, @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com discovered that the developer of Tesseract had discretely banned numerous instances and disguised it as a server error. This included more heavily leftist instances, but also blahaj.zone. More recently, it was discovered that they had also been suppressing individual users, phrases, and communities that criticize power tripping on fedi.
Needless to say, I implore non blahaj.zone users to drop the Tesseract client (support for the client has already been dropped for blahaj). So called “liberals” like this who call out “extremism on both sides” are an insult to the values they claim to be upholding.
Thinking billionaires deserve to be shot. Thinking liberals are cringe. Thinking there is no difference between state and non state violence
I would agree that there is no real difference between state & non-state violence, aside from public perception, the additional liability protections that states grant themselves, & stuff like that. However, I probably have the “wrong” opinion about murder & shooting billionaires on Lemmy. I happen to oppose killing billionaires simply because they are billionaires. I don’t support murder, & I don’t think being a billionaire is a reason for someone to be murdered. Maybe if I were trying to impress a socialist girl, I could pretend to have that opinion. But I’m a terrible actor & an even worse liar, so that’s not really my thing.
P.S. I could also just be wrong, & maybe your opinion (about the murder stuff) is actually the correct one. I don’t know. If that’s the case, then there’s definitely something I’m missing.
I never said it was my opinion. I feel no sympathy for them or outrage at them being a target for violence, but I try not to get hung up on what people “deserve.” They shouldn’t have the power they wield, and if killing them is the best way to take it from them, then I’m all for it.
However, it is the system of capitalism that is responsible for their position, and killing a few of them will not change the system. It might be effective terrorism for them to feel like their lives are in danger unless throw us a bone, but it could easily garner them more sympathy or get them to double down on oppression. In order for capitalism to change, masses of people need to be willing to radically change it.
Well that’s the thing, isn’t it it? That’s your decision to make. That’s what this jackass took from you. Worse, they arbitrarily decided you shouldn’t even have the ability to have the conversation