That's extremely petty.

Because it'd mean you're power tripping? You made a strawman argument and rightfully got told off for it, completely ignoring your own rule of "be respectful". You have a responsibility as a mod of this community to be better than that.

That wasn't a word salad. It's perfectly coherent, even if you don't want to acknowledge it.

I guess you could say that? If it means that we aren't being slaves to an "upper class" for their benefit only while they fuck us all over, then yes.

I don't know what either of those mean, I don't delve much into theory. I want billionaires and shareholders to not exist, for workers to run the businesses they work for instead of making shareholders rich off their labour, and for taxes to go towards education, healthcare and social benefits instead of military spending and excessive police funding. I wouldn't be sad if capitalism as a whole died, frankly. It's done enough damage.

Nope. You're only a tankie if you blindly support authoritarian regimes and refuse to acknowledge the atrocities they commit. As an example, denying the Tiananmen Square massacre, denying human rights abuses and horrid living conditions in North Korea, or supporting Russia in its invasion and attempted genocide of Ukraine and its people.

Hexbear is a silly place. You need not worry about what they think, they're very isolated and are similarly authoritarian to the .ml instances.

Cowardly. They can't handle dissent, so they ban you for challenging their ideas. There's only one acceptable position there, and that's being a full-throated tankie who professes that authoritarian regimes and the atrocities they commit are A-OK as long as they're opposed to the West while doing so.

.ml isn't tolerant towards other ideologies or beliefs. If it isn't full-throated support for authoritarian regimes, then it's considered a bannable offense, even if you support actual socialism or communism. Note that your ban was very likely from the admins themselves, as the moderators hardly do any banning there compared to Dessalines and Davel.

Maybe in 10 years they will. Dessalines is far too busy wasting time constantly banning people for disagreeing with him or criticizing his favourite regimes instead of developing his platform. There's a reason Piefed is overtaking Lemmy in development speed and quality.

He appears on TV because that's been the main way to reach Americans enmasse for decades. Not everyone is on the internet 24/7 or watches independent media. Yes, the people who own and run these stations are not good people, but that does not change who Bernie is.

Now for the real question: Why do you assume everyone who appears on cable news is automatically a fascist? What is it about an interview over the news that makes Bernie's entire past (again, 60 years, dude. Cable TV didn't exist back then) as someone who fights for the working class suddenly irrelevant? Are you going to claim that a 9 year old who wins a spelling bee is a fascist because they appeared on their local news channel to celebrate? Is a local soup kitchen run by fascists because the news did a story on them?

Do you even have a clue how unreasonable your position is here?

Oh, yes. The person who has been on the side of the working class who has fought for civil and worker's rights for 60 years is totally a fascist plant. Were you dropped on your head as a child? It's okay, you can be honest.