I think a little clarification is needed. No. I don’t actually think everyone there is insane. I don’t care about the bans so stop trying to use that. HB enthusiasts coming here and trying to call me out achieves nothing besides proving my point

Edit: Feel free to keep trying to brigade me. It’s not going to scare me to take this down

  • Cowbee [he/they]
    2•4 months ago

    I’m sorry, but again, this is a gross mischaracterization. Please actually read the links I sent, you don’t need to read the Imperialism text but at least go through the thread I linked and the Parenti speech.

    I have been critical of the Russian Federation and Putin especially on Hexbear, and have been highly upvoted for it. Hexbear’s position on Russia is nuanced, ask them to explain it and you’ll get explanations.

    I understand being Anti-US, but if Russia was in the US’s position, they would be just as bad if not worse for the treatment of people and propagating imperialism.

    This is 100% correct, the thing is, nobody but the US is in the US’s position. Russia is acting in the manner they are because they aren’t.

    • JustEnoughDucks
      1•4 months ago

      https://hexbear.net/post/3025711

      https://hexbear.net/post/3379624

      https://hexbear.net/comment/5253718 top comment, massively upvoted

      https://hexbear.net/post/3232536 - more “all Ukrainians are Nazi rhetoric”

      https://hexbear.net/comment/4594619 - more “the war is just a local conflict with everyone on Russia’s side” propaganda that is heavily upvoted. Objectively false. There is way way more nuance than that.

      https://hexbear.net/post/3394475 - Russia never does anything wrong. It is just Americans who of course blame it on Russia

      https://hexbear.net/comment/5113469 - Russia never does anything wrong. It is actually a conspiracy that Americans did it

      https://hexbear.net/comment/5084604 - Russia can do no wrong. Russia is destined to win and take the lands they want to annex

      https://hexbear.net/comment/5084494 - yet more Ukraine genocide rhetoric, straight from Russian propaganda

      https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4112194 - literally regurgitating unsubstantiated Russian propaganda. Literally one person saying “if you just blindly believed Russian propaganda 100% of the time, you would be right 70% of the time”

      https://hexbear.net/post/2763869 - “Russia is extremely generous with these terms”, they only have to give up their land to glorious leader of Russia

      imperialism /ĭm-pîr′ē-ə-lĭz″əm/ noun

      • The extension of a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

      • A political doctrine or system promoting such extension of authority.

      • The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.

      Literally exactly the definition of Putin’s post-socialism authoritarian Russia…

      Like “the enemy of my enemy” can only take you so far. Like when Putin blatantly poisoned a political opponent and everyone on hexbear was cheering them and saying “I’m surprised it took them this long”… Supporting a murderous regime because they happen to be against an exploitative corrupt regime doesn’t even seem like a valid solution to me.

      • Cowbee [he/they]
        1•4 months ago

        Again, you are not reading the links, nor are you interested in engaging in good faith. As an example:

        https://hexbear.net/post/3232536 - more “all Ukrainians are Nazi rhetoric”

        The comment was mocking the “no Ukranians are Nazis” rhetoric on a video of Ukranian soldiers with Nazi symbols on their helmets harassing an elderly Russian man. You aren’t interested in truth, but debate-broing.

        As for your definition of Imperialism, I quite specifically linked Lenin’s work on Imperialism as a stage of Capitalism, not merely invasion, yet you obscure that and push the dictionary definiton, again as a measure of bad-faith. Marxists specifically refer to international Monopoly Capitalism as Imperialism, something the Parenti video I linked you touches on well enough to give you a sufficient taste of Lenin’s Imperialism so you don’t have to read the book for this conversation, yet you twist words and pretend Hexbear is operating on a double standard by using the dictionary definition against a forum of Marxists using Lenin’s definition!

        It’s peak dishonesty, your other links are similarly dishonest readings out of context, hoping people won’t actually click the link and see what they really said.

        If you aren’t going to engage honestly, you need to logout and touch grass.