That entire history was clearly written as a Leftist frustrated with Reddit’s censorship of Leftists and pro-US slant, it’s because the devs are Communists.

As for China, they are not “doing the exact same shit.” Same with the USSR, and the DPRK is insular, how could it exploit the Global South even if it wanted to? You don’t know what you’re talking about.

As for 1-5…

1. What do you mean by saying Russia “has a claim to Ukraine?” I don’t even think Russia is saying they want to annex the entirety of Ukraine.

2. A DotP is a term that originates with Marx, referring to a Proletarian government that suppresses the Bourgeoisie. The DotP is democratic for the proletariat. This is Marxism 101.

3. Can you tell me who my “favorite Communist is,” and how they “killed millions?” Politics isn’t a sports game, but if I had to pick a “favorite,” it would be Lenin.

4. More than 80% of all combat in World War II was on the Eastern Front. The Soviets never sided with the Nazis, they had in fact tried for years to convince the Western Powers to join the Soviets in a pact against Nazi Germany, as they hated each other. The West said no, preferring the Soviets and the Nazis to kill each other.

5. I have never once denied that there was a famine in the 1930s, just pointed out that the idea that it was intentional is seen as bogus even by western historians.

Experience has shown that when others try, they stumble significantly.

The devs run Lemmy.ml, and do so as a necessary test server. Supporting the devs supports Lemmy, and by extension Lemmy.ml. The devs can say that only those happy with Lemmy.ml’s money will go to that, while food, water, rent, gaming, whatever else all goes to the “non-Lemmy.ml” fund, but that’s symbolic at best.

It’s an invented solution, and I’m not convinced people wouldn’t find some other reason not to support.

The devs can do that if they want, but that’s not really going to change the fact that the fees for Lemmy.ml are so small that it doesn’t matter.

Lemmy came about because Communists wanted to create an anticapitalist answer to Reddit. People can use it how they wish, including defederating from every Communist-adjacent instance and banning every Left winger if they want.

Secondly, Russia is no longer Socialist since the fall of the Soviet Union, I don’t speak Korean and don’t even think I can move to the DPRK even if I wanted to. I’d be down to move to China for a few years, but I have family where I am. When people say the Global North is Imperialist, they aren’t saying it sucks to live there more than everywhere else, but that the Global North only exists as it does through brutal exploitation of the Global South.

For your final round:

1. Sees propaganda as truth - Depends on if the propaganda is genuinely true or not. News can be propaganda depending on how its shown.
2. Is okay with dictatorship - a dictatorship of the proletariat, perhaps, but not an anti-democratic structure
3. Is fine with regimes murdering millions - nope.
4. Okay with gov offing people they disagree with - killing fascists is a good thing, the Soviets killed 90% of the Nazis that died in World War II.
5. Likes to wash history - nope, demystify and clarify it instead

Then teams can fork it if they want, it’s FOSS. Lemmy is adopted because the devs are competent, and a lot of us came here specifically because there are Communists here.

Maybe, but that would be incredibly hard to enforce. The fees for upkeep on Lemmy.ml are very small, it isn’t what’s at risk, what’s at risk is having full time devs for maintenance and new features. Lemmy.ml would stay even if the devs need to switch to part time dev work.

Again, your issues wrap around to not wanting to use free software made by Communists who have just as much power as you do to run their own instances. It’s entitlement.

I visit other instances from time to time, I don’t generally enjoy it. I stick mainly to the instances I do because I enjoy my time more that way, among other Leftists. The Global North is Imperialist, and China certainly is better, I won’t apologize for having those views.

Not sure what you mean by “sure thing,” you’re clearly being sarcastic but you don’t have a point you’re making.

And no, Communists are not anywhere close to “MAGA,” not the “Left’s version of MAGA” or otherwise. This is nonsense.

The fact that there aren’t a lot of users to give feedback. Lemmy.ml is like a public beta channel, in a way.

Really wish Nutomic would apologize for it, it’s depressing.

Lemmy.ml is the dev test instance, for one, and for two, the donations are to pay the devs wages, which allows them to dev Lemmy full time. You’re essentially saying you want to control what the devs of Lemmy can pay for with their salaries at that point.

I’ve vocally criticized Nutomic’s transphobia, but I have no issue with them being Communists. Further, I already answered the bit about funding Lemmy.ml, let me copy and paste the relevant section:

Further, as @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml said, the Lemmy.ml costs are very low, it’s the actual life costs that allow development of much-asked for features and maintenance to continue.

The donations pay the devs salaries. Donations pay for their video games, food, etc. What the devs do with their salaries allows them to continue developing Lemmy full time, how they choose to spend their salaries is on them.

No, this is transphobic. End of story.

You stated asking for donations isn’t free labor. Lemmy is FOSS, it’s free, donations are a common part for funding FOSS projects.

Lemmy doesn’t force anyone into being anything, you seem to hold the view that the devs being Communists is holding back Lemmy as a whole, despite Communists not making up a majority of users.

The world is increasingly Marxist though, outside of the West, countries like Burkina Faso are now being lead by Marxists and Marxists run the largest economy in the world by Purchasing Power Parity.

I already know I’m a Communist, Marxist, Marxist-Leninist, etc. You just wanted to throw a pejorative jab, that’s all.

Asking for donations is free work. The product is free, paying is optional. You aren’t being fleeced.

Lemmy is stable, and many people use it because the devs are Communists, and quite a lot of us are Communists here.

Yes, the devs are Communists. All governments are “authoritarian,” what matters is which class is exerting its authority. Socialist states have expanded democracy for the Working Class. I really don’t care if you have me tagged as “commie,” “pinko,” “red,” “tankie,” etc, whichever pejorative for Communist you prefer doesn’t change it. I don’t need your personal approval.

So basically you’re just upset that the devs of an anti-Capitalist platform are Communists, and it’s not enough that they do free dev work on a platform used by many people, they must bend to your will to do so? The entitlement is off the charts.

What “different instance?” Lemmy.ml has always been the test instance, you can block it if you don’t like dealing with Communists. You’re complaining about an anti-Capitalist, federated platform being developed by Communists, if you want a platform with everyone conforming to your views there are other platforms for you.

They need users to test, and let people in to do so. The fact that the people here use the server is a necessary function for getting feedback and results from testing. Plus, the server costs are cheap, it’s the life costs that you would really be supporting.

Lemmy.ml is how they test new features, it’s a tool necessary for development. You can block Lemmy.ml or use an instance defederated from it if you wish, but it’s necessary as far as development is concerned.

Lemmy instances are already owned and run by their different instance admins and moderators. Regardless of how you feel about Lemmy.ml, development for Lemmy supports all who use different instances.

The alternatives are doing the dev work yourself, or finding a different platform to use.

Further, as @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml said, the Lemmy.ml costs are very low, it’s the actual life costs that allow development of much-asked for features and maintenance to continue.