/r/DankLeft
This is a subreddit for Marxists, Anarchists, and DemSocs, with only the most dank and most left memes. Proletarians of all nations, unite! Seize the memes of production! You have nothing to lose but your frown!
This is a subreddit for Marxists, Anarchists, and DemSocs, with only the most dank and most left memes. Seize the memes of production and redistribute them to the working class!
Make sure to visit our wiki as well!
1. No Reactionaries
No reactionaries, including nazis, fascists, nazbols, AnCaps, Trumpers, TERFs, bigots, anti-feminists, queerphobes, racists, ableists, or brigaders.
2. Left unity is enforced here
No leftist infighting. If you're here to stir trouble or taunt the other side of the left, you're out.
3. Follow reddit rules
No personal information, harrassment, calls for violence, brigading, etc.
4. Only post memes
We only accept humorous image macros. No screenshots or videos. Exceptions can be made for very short videos or twitter screenshots with a picture in them & with a joke.
5. Only post leftist content
Memes must be about leftist movements, theory, societal issues, or political opponents. We do not accept right-wing memes, even if they are meant to be mocked. We also do not accept apolitical stuff.
6. No memes or advocacy for pro-capitalist ideologies, politicians, or parties, including progressives
Don't meme or advocate for liberal, social-democratic, and other pro-capitalist politicians. The Democrats are right-wing, we're not going to tolerate shilling for right-wingers.
7. Do not blame the proletariat for the manipulation and crimes perpetrated by the bourgeoisie
We don't tolerate blaming workers for "buying into" capitalism or blaming non-voters for bad election outcomes.
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Both terfs and transmeds just reproduce heteropatriarchy because defining womanhood on the basis of biological functions and features is exactly what patriarchy and heterosexism do
"Since we already know that monopoly prices are as high as possible, since the interest of the capitalists, even from the point of view commonly held by political economists, stands in hostile opposition to society, and since a rise of profit operates like compound interest on the price of the commodity (Adam Smith, op. cit., Vol. I, pp. 87-88), it follows that the sole defence against the capitalists is competition, which according to the evidence of political economy acts beneficently by both raising wages and lowering the prices of commodities to the advantage of the consuming public.
But competition is only possible if capital multiplies, and is held in many hands. The formation of many capital investments is only possible as a result of multilateral accumulation, since capital comes into being only by accumulation; and multilateral accumulation necessarily turns into unilateral accumulation. Competition among capitalists increases the accumulation of capital. Accumulation, where private property prevails, is the concentration of capital in the hands of a few, it is in general an inevitable consequence if capital is left to follow its natural course, and it is precisely through competition that the way is cleared for this natural disposition of capital." - Karl Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844
"The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves.
If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem." - bell hooks, The Will to Change
UBI (Universal Basic Income) as a method to combat poverty is effectively useless in a capitalist economy in which landlords, corporations etc. can just increase prizes in order to capture the new money in people's pockets.
This is why many billionaires like Zuckerberg and neoliberal politicians are actually in favor of UBI: They know it practically doesn't change anything, but it gives people the impression of social progress, solidarity and humanitarian care.
Their fixation on UBI serves to distract us from recognizing the problems inherent in capitalism, all while also distracting people from focusing on changes that could actually make a meaningful material difference.
And this is not even touching on the fact that UBI is often used as a justification to decrease spending on things like healthcare, public infrastructure and social programs because "People have the money to pay for these things on their own now".
Organize and demand real systemic change.