There’s clearly a lean to the left side of things in Lemmy instances, with many people attacking people at the right.
In some cases regarding the climate crisis, there’s people blaming it on capitalism while hinting that communism/socialism are the solution to the climate crisis, because somehow having the state controlling the entire economy will lead to stop CO2 emissions.
A bit from the article:
The best way to protect the environment is to get rich. That way, there is enough money not only to meet the needs of ordinary people, but also to pay for cleaner power plants and better water-treatment facilities. Since capitalism is the best way to create wealth, humanity should stick with it.
Not the first time I’ve heard about this concept, and the more i look into the world the more I agree with it. Being green is kind of a luxury that not many people can afford, and the poorer people are the less they can afford green technology.
I do definitely appreciate the effort you put into writing this answer. Though I am much more aware of stuff related to the EZLN than Rojava (due to languages) I can speak a bit more on them. I first would like to clear up that I support both countries critically. I would argue that both are mostly worker controlled states but with the means of production not necessarily fully owned due to the existence of private business within them. Particularly with reference to Rojava, it is in fact commune based but in a sense more of a utopian based system around a mixed system. However, they do have some serious question that arise, such as their cooperation with the United States even when it comes to other things besides resistance to ISIS. Id say that (after thinking about the definitions more after writing that and reading about both of them a good part of the day) that perhaps, yes, you could call them socialism but it would be a bit more of an Owenian or Ricardian socialism. Thank you again for writing this up as I do appreciate it. I will look into Ocalan’s writings a bit more and read some of his stuff as it is true I should educate myself more on Rojava in particular.
Hey, this is a really well said. I definitely agree that Rojava’s cooperation with the US (even though arguably necessary in the context of the region) is a stain on their reputation. Thank you for this comment, I really appreciate your attitude!