Feudalism is based on lordship of land, and peasantry paying rent in kind, ie agricultural produce and a portion of their production. Capitalism is based on wage labor and flow of commodities, industrialized production, etc. Feudal farming vs capitalist farming is quite stark, as an example.

Feudalism is its own mode of production.

It’s absolutely capitalism. All capitalist countries have capitalist power over the state.

To a very dissimilar extent. The capitalists are in charge of the Russian state, and private ownership is the principle aspect of the economy. Russia has more state-owned firms than some other capitalist countries, but that’s about it, capitalists are thoroughly in control and private ownership is dominant.

In China, the large firms and key industries are overwhelmingly publicly owned and planned, and the working class is in control of the state. I never once said capitalism is “when rich people” or that socialism is “when the government does stuff.”

Capitalism and socialism are determined by what’s principle. All economies have elements of private and public property, what matters is which is principle, and which class is in control. The US is capitalist, “purity” has nothing to do with that.

Russia has a larger portion of state-owned industry as a holdover from the soviet era as compared to most capitalist countries, but they aren’t socialist and are dominated by capitalists. They do not have a working class state any longer.

Modern Russia is capitalist, I don’t think anyone thinks it’s socialist anymore. The USSR dissolved over 3 decades ago. Ownership of property is protected by the state, be it public ownership or private ownership. Trying to abstract an analogy doesn’t actually work the same way at a societal level.

A mode of production where private ownership of the means of production is the principle aspect of the economy, ie over at least the large firms and key industries. Socialism is where public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy, and communism is a post-socialist mode of production where all production and distribution has been collectivized and is run to suit the needs of society. Economic planning is key to socialism and communism.

Hexbear bans sectarianism then, your best bet is Lemmy.ml if you want MLs to respond.

Are you trying to gain a perspective on Marxism-Leninism, or debate it? I think you’ll find more success by keeping a non-confrontational stance and an open-mind, even if you don’t end up agreeing. That applies to Lemmy.ml and Hexbear, and I say that because views on both are similar.

Yea, when they played like they didn’t understand what yerbouti was getting at I knew nothing would have changed their mind about anything.

Yep, checks out, figured it’s as good a time as any to disengage.

That doesn’t describe the USSR well at all, though. That’s a very surface-level analysis of fascism and the USSR. I can give good references as to why (in addition to the book I already linked), but I think we’ve gone far beyond the initial scope of the question, which is about the differences between Marxism and anarchism in end-goal, which is best described as the question of collectivization vs communalization of production and distribution. Similarly, I don’t think discussing the DPRK would be very productive in this context either, this is an anarchist community and I’ve already said what I think is valuable in the discussion of how Marxists and anarchists disagree and agree on “end stages.”

If you want to learn more about Marxist perspectives on the DPRK, you can ask over on Hexbear.net or Lemmy.ml, those will usually have far more people than just me.

That’s one of the most mask-off instances of transphobia, referring to the userbase of Hexbear itself as “95% guys.” Yerbouti didn’t mention the people in the thread, but Hexbear as an instance. You clearly don’t care about an honest conversation when you bend over backwards to defend Zionists and transphobes like that. I’ve answered every question, I can’t give a number on something like that. You’ve clearly demonstrated dishonesty and bad faith, called me a liar numerous times throughout this thread, only to be disproven time and time again.

I’m not sure where you’re getting that idea of fascism. From Italy to Germany to the US Empire, fascism has always risen as a violent means by which the capitalist class maintains control. Notably, the small business owners, the “middle class,” becomes at risk of becoming working class, and thus becomes its most dutiful footsoldiers. If you live in the US Empire, you can see this quite clearly with the MAGA crowd and their class character.

Labor camps were not a good thing, no, but they aren’t fascism. As for the spanish anarchists, you can find information here, but as I understand records are a bit murky in that area in general.

No, censorship was not used against basic expression. George Lucas famously spoke about how he was jealous of the soviet filmmakers for having more freedom overall, as long as they didn’t critique the government. Overall, the USSR was no utopia, but it was tremendously progressive in its time, and was by no means “fascist.”

You genuinely don’t get the connection between the suicide joke and the comment “cause 95% of you are guys lets be honest?” You’re bending over backwards for obvious transphobes that make no attempt to hide it purely because they share your anti-Hexbear bias. If you genuinely can’t come up with an explanation for the 95% comment yet find it not at all transphobic, then there’s no way you’ll ever admit to being mistaken anywhere else.

Secondly, I have given evidence not just of myself, but other users directly being censored, where you even agreed with me that that’s problematic. I have never said Lemmy.world censors everything, just that they foster an environment by censoring particularly squeeky wheels and preventing leftists from federating, under reasoning they should also ban hilarious-chaos for if they were being consistent.

Do you see why you’re getting pushback from people here?

I did not misinterpret yerbouti. Based on a prior interaction, I knew exactly what they meant. CW: Extreme transphobia. Their “research” involved a suicide joke and invalidating the expressed gender identity of Hexbear users. Yerbouti was just being transphobic, period. I’m not at all confused by the censorship, Lemmy.world moderators and admins protect and foster that behavior.

To respond to your point, myself and many other users’ direct lived experience has been Lemmy.world protecting transphobes and zionists, and banning those calling the DNC complicit in genocide. I’ve given you several examples of not just me but others. Certainly you can see the problem, right?

The fact is, the vast majority of people I interact with do take me seriously. You keep referencing this “reputation” I have with “others,” but I largely am seen positively by leftists and negatively by liberals, and those on the liberal side often still respect my honesty and civility even though they disagree.

Yes, I’m permabanned from politicalmemes. The original reason given was “you knew this was coming,” I’m not sure why it doesn’t show in the modlog anymore but here’s what it looks like when I’m logged in to Lemmy.ml, no ability to upvote or downvote nor comment nor post(notice your comment notification at the top):

Secondly, I did not intentionally misinterpret anyone. Check the original thread, the user was deliberately saying that they doubt self-reported trans identification:

As you can see, yerbouti was responding to comments about Hexbear having a high proportion of transgender users, which they proceded to claim were lying, equating them to proud boys members claiming they aren’t racist.

As for my dozen bans from comms PugJesus moderates, they lost an argument in a comm they were getting called out for and banned me permanently from every comm they mod. Had nothing to do with Xinjiang or anything, just PJ emotionally lashing out.

I don’t have more .world bans because I abandoned that place. There’s nothing I want to participate in there. I haven’t made up any facts, I’ve given my analysis on what I believe is happening, and justified that with real facts and evidence. Simple as that. There’s more examples of this kind of moderation on Lemmy.world, such as in worldnews, and these are only the posted about kinds.

Sure, here’s what got removed and eventually got me permabanned from politicalmemes on Lemmy.world: example 1, example 2, example 3, and example 4. Here’s an image of a couple of them for easier access (old screenshot):

So, when combined with the fact that they defederate from leftist instances, prop up well-known shit-stirrers, and permaban dissent from leftists, it’s pretty clear that the leftism is the issue for them. You may turn a blind eye to the mod and admins being abusive, and their hostility towards leftists, but this community is filled with examples of moderator and admin abuse on Lemmy.world directed against leftists. It’s undeniable that the anti-left bias is pushed by the Lemmy.world leadership, and blocking Hexbear is only one of many examples of that in practice.

Really don’t know why you expect me to take you seriously when you call me a liar to my face.