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submitted 6 days ago by Burninator@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I’m finally making the switch from Reddit. The Voyager app seems like a pretty seamless transition, but I’d love to hear any tips about using this platform, or what quirks distinguish it from Reddit as a whole.

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[-] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 6 days ago

Time to make accounts in lemmy.ml

I don't think they are that dogmatic too.
Like, they seem to support China lead by a Socialist/Communist/Marxist political leadership, that declares its aim as transitioning into socialism by 2050 or so.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is absolutely nitpicking, but China is already Socialist, and considers itself as such. They have a "stages" theory of Socialism itself, 2050 is for the next stage in Socialism. They are Socialist becuse Public Ownership is principle in their economy, ie large firns and key industries are state owned and controlled, while smaller and less critical industries are privately owned. A rubber factory has power over the rubber ball factory, to give a quick example.

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

They often leave a dogmatic impression when someone says something which is completely normal to hear and say in (for example) the USA, but is unknowingly bigoted or ignorant misinformation. The .ml admins have no time for that and I think its unfortunate that there's little attempt at linking them to resourced that explain why their post was prejudiced, because it's usually not intentional or heartless.

One can absolutely critisise China there and you'll probably end up banned if you aren't critical of the Russian Federation. I've made posts on Lemmygrad challenging their notion of China's form of worker democracy. But certain popular critiques are just bigoted or unfounded propaganda which the admins will ban people for, so it comes off as just shutting down opposing viewpoints. And that's really unfortunate.

[-] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 days ago

Aah.
Is there something like the automod feature in reddit?
That would be solution to common misconceptions, right?

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Good idea. I have seen some instances using mod-privileged bots for automating some tasks, like making weekly posts in communities, but I don't think I've seen an auto-moderation bot yet.

I personally think having pre-filled ban reasons is a great moderation tool which would be useful for Lemmy.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

How do you feel about Stalin?

[-] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Overall positive.

I've heard that he supported the development of India. As an Indian, positive view here.

After joining lemmy, seeing arguments about him, got to know that he faced personal losses too, with his son, a soldier in the WW2, dying in a Nazi concentration camp as a PoW.

Have read that there were purges of officials and repression in fear of Nazi and other spies and that excesses did happen under his govt.
But considering how they were able to reduce poverty and were able to industrialise their nation, making them able to fight the Nazis, I see them overall positively.

Have heard about the famine too. But not sure if it was purposeful like how Churchill took away foodgrains from Bengal. So negative view on it, but not sure how to see it. Whether it is intentional or natural cause or inefficiency.

How do you feel about Hitler?

[-] nargis@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 6 days ago

Thurston and J Arch Getty have good books on Stalin. They're both pretty well respected historians, so you can read stuff about the famine from their books. It's not a pretty picture. Also, which part of India, if you don't mind?

[-] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Famines are never going to be pretty, right?
I have seen pictures online of the Bengal and Mangalore famines that India suffered under British rule.

My doubt on it is how much of it is natural and how much is intentional.
What do those historians say about that?

I have seen people arguing and discussing about it online, with everything ranging from intentional punishment to bureaucratic inefficiency to feudal farmlords burning their produce and animals during the famine to how famines were common in the region until the 1950's and also mentions of grain export

Also, which part of India, if you don't mind?

Southern India
Are you Indian too? Which part?

[-] nargis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Dude, I know. I am an Indian too, and a socialist. Getty and Thurston definitely aren't cold war propagandists. It is Robert Conquest, Anne Applebaum and more recently, Timothy Snyder who portray the famine as an intentional genocide done by evil Soviets. Getty and Thurston, especially Thurston was actually notorious for taking a more pro-Soviet stance. Wheatcroft and Davies did important work showing that the famine was caused by a combination of bad harvest and poor planning. As far as I am aware, the popular genocide/deliberate starvation line is not the historical consensus and has not been for some time after the opening of Soviet archives. Even liberal historians like Fitzpatrick and Krotkin debunk the many capitalist lies about the famine. People discussing it online generally have a very strange assortment of sources - from Snyder's terrible book 'Bloodlands' to obsolete books like Tottle's 'Fraud, Famine and Fascism' which was written before the opening of Soviet archives. r/AskHistorians is a good source for finding both Marxist and liberal sources, and it generally avoids neoconservatives like Conquest.

I am from the South too but am Marathi.

[-] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 days ago

Aah. Sorry.
I was a bit wary since I got banned in a .world community when I shared similar pov's. I think there are some who equate Stalin to Hitler, so was trying to avoid needless fights on that.

I'm in the KL state.

[-] nargis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Understandable. .world is generally Eurocentric or US-centric. I stay away from most political comms there for my own sanity.

Lucky you. I live in southern Sanghiland, Karnataka.

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