I fled Reddit due to the authoritarian mod craziness, but Lemmy.world seems infested with too much Communist craziness. I’m leftist, but communism is idiocy. Is there an instance that leans more democratic socialist but refrains from going off the deep end?

  • Valmond@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m also looking for a place without edgy or crazy people.

    For me its:

    Democratic: yes

    Socialism/social net/sgaring/helping: yes

    Dictatorial: no

    Tankie: no

    Undemocratic: no

    China or CCCP/URSS worship: no

    Soviet whitewashing: no

    That’s about it.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
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      1 day ago

      I think thats valid. You don’t have to accept or look at everything.

      Do you mind sharing what your ideal society looks like? I think a lot of folks share common ideas but have vastly different labels for them.

      I’ll go ahead:

      I personally want to work. It can be fun. I want to do things I’m actually good at. I want to be able to afford food and housing. I want to know that i wont starve if I become sick or disabled. I want to be able to survive when I’m too old to work regularly. I want my family to be safe no matter what.

      I think those are pretty understandable goals. I want to live in a world where this applies to as many people as possible.

      • Valmond@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        Yeah we all have to work (or contribute to society by our possible means) that’s a given I think.

        No ultra rich people (but you need to dream, so no communist pay either). UBI that covers basic food & housing. Art and science as the goal of society (after taking care of everyone).

        The problem is what to do with all egomaniacs, is there enough benevolent people or will nobody become a dentist if you don’t need to work (that much)? I mean lots of people get up in the morning and spends their whole life working, because of some crazy angry people (don’t believe me? Go work in some big companies). How do we re-train those people, how do we keep an army? Lots and lots of open ended questions here.

    • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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      1 day ago

      many instances, like mine, are ‘generic on-ramps’. their ‘main’ purpose is to provide unfettered access to all other instances.

      in this way you curate your own feeds by subscribing to what you want.