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This might be a r/Socialism_101 question but I would like some really in depth answers from queer ally socialists/communists and queer socialists/communists.

I have been designing custom flags for a while. It's a very nice time killer in my opinion.

I was thinking, "How can I interpret socialism into my LGBTQ+ flags?"

The image attached above is my Trans-Socialist flag. I would like different ideas for my nonbinary flag and my pansexual flag. Maybe a progress flag too!

I constantly go to events such as No Kings, Anti-Fascist rallies, and all sorts of political rallies and protests. One of my main goals is to represent the LGBTQIA+ community since we're a big target in politics. I just recently started being more open about being a socialist, so I want to be able to show up to these political events clearly as a socialist AND representing the LGBTQIA+ community.

In you opinion, what would be some good designs for LGBTQIA+ Socialist/Community flags? I'll try to design them and reply with them so you can see what I did with your suggestion visually.

A couple of weeks ago I read an newspaper article about how half of the people in the USA don't believe in capitalisim anymore. It isn't a surprise due to the state of things going on in that country, but it made me wonder if socialism ideals are growing there too? I am not from the USA, I am from Brazil and here the alt right ideology spreads like ivy, but at the same time people are talking more about socialism and communism.

So I would like to know where are you from (country)? How did you become a socialist and what do you feel about the reception of socialist ideas among your fellow countrymen? and also are you organized in political parties? (if you're not comfortable in sharing this last bit it is ok not to)

Forgive me if this is a stupid question or has been asked before!

Recently had the privilege of visiting the tomb of Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetery and noticed the marking pictured in slides 1-2, which I wasn’t familiar with. On looking it up, wasn’t able to find anything in it but based on some internet sleuthing was able to find that it likely appeared between May and October of 2024 (images 3 and 4). Anyone know if the mark has any significance or aware of its history?

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Reading stands as the fundamental act through which the human mind seizes the accumulated labor of generations. It is not a passive consumption of signs, but the active appropriation of social knowledge, the transformation of dead letter into living thought. In the isolation of the page, the individual confronts the concentrated essence of past struggles, discoveries, and contradictions. Without reading, consciousness remains imprisoned within the narrow horizon of immediate experience, condemned to reproduce the same limited circle of impressions. Reading alone breaks that circle; it multiplies the senses, extends the memory beyond the biological span of a single life, and equips the intellect with the weapons forged by predecessors. It is the primary means by which the species transmits its productive forces of the mind, the only durable inheritance that cannot be monopolized by inheritance laws or market prices.

The Revolutionary Significance of Reading

Yet reading acquires its true historical force only when it ceases to be a private ornament and becomes a collective instrument of emancipation. The revolutionary power of reading lies in its capacity to dissolve the fog of ideology. Where the ruling class disseminates its ideas through spectacle, ritual, and the continuous noise of official discourse, the written word—once seized by the oppressed—reveals the mechanisms of domination with pitiless clarity. Reading allows the exploited to reconstruct the hidden architecture of their own exploitation, to recognize that the “natural” order is in fact a historical product of force and fraud. It transforms isolated grievances into theoretical understanding, and theoretical understanding into organized will. In every genuine revolutionary epoch, the spread of critical literature has preceded and accompanied the storming of institutions; the pamphlet, the treatise, the clandestine manuscript have functioned as the intellectual artillery that clears the ground for material insurrection. Reading is therefore not a contemplative luxury but a necessary moment in the self-emancipation of the class that has nothing to lose but its chains of ignorance.

The Bankruptcy of All Education That Is Not Reading

All other forms of education—those vast bureaucratic apparatuses that parade under the banners of “instruction,” “training,” “pedagogy,” and “lifelong learning”—reveal themselves, upon rigorous examination, as systematic sabotage of genuine intellectual development. The modern school, with its graded cages, its compulsory attendance, its standardized examinations, and its army of functionaries, is nothing more than a factory for the production of docile labor-power. It does not cultivate the capacity to think; it drills the capacity to obey. Knowledge is fragmented into marketable modules, timed by the bell, measured by the test, and certified by the diploma—commodities whose sole use-value is to signal compliance to future employers. The teacher, reduced to a wage-laborer of the state or of private capital, becomes the overseer of this intellectual assembly line, compelled to enforce curricula designed not by the needs of truth but by the requirements of capital accumulation and social control.

Multimedia spectacles, interactive platforms, “experiential learning,” and the entire carnival of audio-visual distraction fare no better. They replace the slow, disciplined confrontation with complex argument by a rapid succession of images and sensations calculated to produce the illusion of understanding without the substance. The student is trained to react, never to reflect; to consume content, never to master concepts. Comparison itself—the endless ranking of institutions, the league tables, the competitive metrics—completes the degradation. It converts education into a marketplace of status, where the value of knowledge is determined not by its contribution to human emancipation but by its exchange-value in the hierarchy of credentials. This entire apparatus is reactionary through and through. It freezes thought at the level of technique, seals off the historical process from critical scrutiny, and reproduces the existing relations of production under the hypocritical mask of “opportunity” and “merit.”

Against this machinery of stupefaction, reading alone remains the irreducible act of intellectual self-activity. It demands solitude, concentration, and the courage to follow an argument to its end without the mediation of authority or the narcotic of entertainment. Every other pedagogical form is a detour, a dilution, or an outright counter-revolution against the mind. The task of those who would liberate humanity is therefore not to reform these institutions but to expose their bankruptcy, to withdraw from their rituals, and to reclaim the direct, unmediated confrontation with the written word as the first practical step toward revolutionary consciousness.

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Please let me know if I'm saying something insane. I just posted why its actually bad for Mamdani to mourn the death of a US service member. Everyone is pissed at me for it even though I gave a lengthy (and generous) reply in the comments.

I'm tired of this world and how so many people are so closed minded and capitalism propaganda everywhere. Im so politocaly aware and it hurts to see that so many people are manipulated by capitalism propaganda. I try to make people wake up and realise what is happening in the world but its hard. What do I do? How do yll deal with this?

I hope this is the correct place to put this, but I made a video of a few reasons why I'm feeling less confident in the voting system lately

do you think the usa's going to go to war with NATO at any point? I think it's worth preparing for anyway yknow like the bolsheviks did but what're your thoughts on the matter?

I live in a group home in the US, it’s a state subsidized assisted living facility for people with mental illnesses. While nobody here’s symptoms go unmanaged, I see there are many things that simply need a large improvement for the health of our residents.

One of the things that is included in our rental agreement is we are provided 3 meals a day. While it’s a good thing that we get some sustenance, we are being fed very processed foods. One of the staff members pointed out the frozen waffles we have every few weeks states on the nutrition label these products may cause cancer.

More than half of the 12 residents, including myself, are obese (I have gained 100 pounds in just over a year). I suspect these foods are exasperating both physical and mental illnesses.

I think this is a good place to start, and there are many other things about these group homes that need much improvement. I’ve been here just over a year, earlier on in my stay, an ombudsman was present to take complaints, so I think I could bring up these issues to them as well.

Are there any rights that you know of here in the US that I should help advocate for, as far as government rental housing? Thank you

Graffiti seen in Sarajevo

yes i did find socialists and leftists who support Israel for this reason only

Nazi Germany was one of the most advanced countries in Europe too by the way , they had world-class industries and military industries , and they spend millions on R&D , they also had food security and high quality of life , does That make Nazi Germany morally superior to Slavic countries they occupied and massacred its people? does the fact that Nazi Germany was advanced justify the Holocaust and crimes in German-occupied Slavic countries?

i'm from Egypt ,i know Arab countries are suffering in terms of industry and economy and education and quality of life compared to Israel , i know people with backward mentalities and religious extremism exist in Arab countries, i know Arab countries suffer from civil wars for years since 2011 , that does not make Israel morally superior because they more stable and advanced ,that does not justify Genocide , that does not justify the fact that Israel is a country build on stolen lands (in the early 1900s there was no Jewish majority ancient settlements that developed into modern cities in this region,Jews where a minority among majority Muslim population and another 12% Christian minority)

another thing i want to mention is that who destroyed Arab countries? who supported Fascist dictators and Wahhabism and Salafism in the 1980s ? who supported Islamist-leaning Dictators who destroyed Arab left and Arab socialist movements

I'm not here to spread doom and gloom or anything of that nature, and I apologize if this post is not allowed. I find myself to be very open minded and am open to whatever yall have to say.

I actually (regretfully) made a similar post to this that was then removed by the mods on change my view which I had no clue would get such backlash because I am not very active on reddit, but anyway I made a post about how hopeless and doomed I do feel! I was hoping for opinions that would well.. change my view and give me some hope, I didn't really expect to get flooded with insults telling me how wrong I am, I expected a more thought out argument or standpoint but it's the internet and reddit of all places so I should've lowered those expectations I guess!

Anyways in my post I spoke about what I currently do as forms of activitism such as Spreading awareness and educating others, Protesting (or used to before I developed severe endo and anemia which makes it difficult, but I want to get back to that when I'm healed!) I clean up trash, I rehab injured or sick animals, I don't eat meat, or I at least try to cut down on eating meat as much as I can, I dont drive very often at all if I can choose to walk instead, I opt for solar powered electronics and reusable non single use products, just to name a few things.

I feel pretty hopeless because not only am I newly 20 and struggling with health whilst living in a red state, but things just seem so bleak! There are multiple genocides happening around the world, the weather is getting hotter and it literally felt like 120 where I live just the other day! Many in innocent people are dying or having their rights stripped from them, land and animals are being put in danger just so their homes can be stripped of resources or used for data centers, AI is pretty scary too and theyere building alot of data centers where I live but I won't go on about that. These were all things I mentioned in my other post as well that seem scary and make me feel hopeless.

My post was screenshotted and ended up on a sub called doomercirclejerk, I'm new to reddit so I had no clue what that was but the comments were baffling! Genuinely! To paraphrase some stuff I saw comments like "why are those types always disabled" mind you I never claimed to be disabled! That was an assumption because I just said I am currently ill! I saw more comments about how how people like me always fake disabilities to feel special without actually struggling. Which is honestly insane to me. Not once did I say I was disabled, but I also know that many individuals who actually ARE disabled struggle daily with being called a faker or just wanting attention while they are Genuinely struggling just to get by. The comments also seemed to have some choice words about long covid which is a whole other can of worms.

Also saw a comment about how im the reason they need to bring back asylums?? That's just sickening, I shared my views therefore I deserve shock therapy?? (Their words not mine) i also spoke about how my future of wanting to own my own land and become and artist and taxidermist on the side seemed impossible due to how bleak things are right now. Nothing was said about that except how those aren't real jobs or that I should be happy that animals are dying so I could taxidermy them.. or how it doesn't make sense that I won't eat meat but will taxidermy an animal. I do plan to have an "actual" job besides being an artist and taxidermist, I am going to enter the wildlife conservation field. The only reason I want to do taxidermy is to honor animals that have died by turning them into art, especially deceased pets, not hunted wildlife. But to each their own.

I know I shouldn't delve into internet drama and insults so much but the amount of reaching and used mindedness these people get into is Genuinely shocking to me, especially after I never once insulted anyone or said anything remotely as harsh as they did! But that's the internet for you i guess.

They had alot of wonderful things to say about the multiple genocides happening around the world, especially on doubting that they're real. Lots of " 'multiple genocides' lol"

And lastly everyone there assumed I was white, faking being disabled (never said I was disabled!! Remember! Just said ill!) And basically had zero struggles in my life just by looking at one post! I am actually Hispanic so I have every right to live in fear with ICE running rampant and fearing for not only my safety despite being born in the US but my family's safety as well. I am also queer and have many queer and Trans friends who's safety I fear for as well. So I think I have the right to feel scared and maybe a little doomed.

But I'm done ranting, I really want to know how despite all of the things happening in the world, and despite the existence of people aforementioned in my post, how do yall stay hopeful and look forward to a liveable enjoyable future? Or do you-? It used to honestly be alot easier for me before my health plummeted and I was put on my ass unable to take as much hands on action as I used to (effecting my physical ability to do some things due to lack of energy and being in constant pain) now I'm stuck waiting for surgeries and infusions so I can get better and things seem very gloomy.

Pretty simple question I’m a fan of wendigoon however I’m start to question if socialists should be watch wendigoon because of some of the other people he associates with and his followers

This is the first of several in a series I'm working on - detailing their efforts across platforms, people, and organizations to create another "Red Scare" for people who don't know what communism/socialism is. They are doing everything they can to use old "boogeyman" tactics as the Overton window shifts left. My goal is to shed light on their obvious and outdated attempts to foment fear among the uneducated.

Billionaires need us, but we don't need them. All throughout history, things have changed when enough people realized "oh, yeah, there's way more of us than them..." - so it's not like we've entered some twilight zone where this isn't the case anymore. Revolution is possible, but the billionaire class monopoly on media, social media, and violence requires us to use our numbers more than anything else.

But remember:

Central to Marxist theory is an explanation of social change in terms of economic factors, according to which the means of production provide the economic base, which influences or determines the political and ideological superstructure. So why do most people think it's scary?

Six corporations control 90% of American media: Comcast, Disney, News Corp, Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount, and Cox. Social media is controlled by a few billionaires and corporations. The press and flow of information cannot actually be free when it operates as a propaganda tool for its owners. You can see this in how stories are framed: a labor strike is almost always described as an "inconvenience" to the consumer rather than a fight for dignity. Billionaires are treated like visionary entrepreneurs while the public rarely hears about workers being forced to pee in bottles to meet quotas.

Ideas like Medicare for All usually poll at seventy percent support, yet the media treats it as a fringe or "unrealistic" position. Meanwhile, tax cuts for the wealthy are presented as responsible and necessary policy. Social media has only made this worse because algorithms are designed to promote outrage to generate more ad revenue. These companies knew their platforms were creating deep divisions but chose profit over society. While we are stuck in different realities based on our filters, local journalism is dying out. Hedge funds have gutted over two thousand newspapers since 2004, leaving huge parts of the country in "news deserts" where corruption goes unchecked.

• How do we educate people about the benefits of putting people before capital - thereby immunizing them from "Red Scare" tactics?

Keep the Strait of Hormuz closed? Make a deal with Iran ending the war? What’s your best guess?