Henry George: In a capitalist democracy, the tendency is always to give power to the worst. Honesty & patriotism are a handicap, while dishonesty brings success. The best sink to the bottom, the worst float to the top. The vile are ousted only by the viler. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Just reaching out for suggestions, it's not often I get people converted to the fediverse but when I do I'm a bit short on suggested instances, especially in variety.
As it stands I've got my own instance, which runs Friendica. But because I'm a nerd who craves all the options at once and will sacrifice some user-friendliness for it, it's good for me not for most users.
Aside from that, I've got lgbtqia.space which is a wonderful Mastodon server I started out on in the fediverse. But obviously leaves me fumbling when helping the rare few friends who aren't in the alphabet.
I'd like suggestions of other open instances (aside from the mega instances like mastodon.social) that I can direct people to, especially of different platforms so they have a little more choice in their experience.
Registrations are more-or-less open upon request for existing fediverse users.
But that's to deter randos who find my instance through my GitHub or similar from requesting to join (which has been an issue in the past). If there's someone who's on the fediverse willing to vouch for new users, the existing account requirement can easily be waived. I will still need a DM prior to allowing someone to sign up because I'll have to generate an invite, but yeah.
As far as other general-purpose instances, there's also tech.lgbt, which is very much open to allies and the like, last I checked, and ones like shonk.social, which is the flagship Sharkey instance (aside from transfem.social).
Honestly I feel like I can potentially convert some people to the fediverse by just telling them they can be @eepy.moe because it's the most adorable domain name ever
@🌸Dreamy Mia🏳️⚧️🌸 shout out to you for giving me a great place to get started in the fediverse and always being my go-to suggestion of a server to start with
Ho Chi Minh: In all countries, the Trotskyists give themselves fine names in order to mask their dirty work and banditry. For example: in Spain they call themselves the United Marxist Workers Party (POUM). Do you know that it's they who constitute the nests of spies in Madrid in Barcelona and in other places in the service of Franco? wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Lenin: It is natural for a liberal to speak of "democracy" in general; but a Marxist will never forget to ask: "for what class?" wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Mikhail Gorbachev: Then Yeltsin broke up the USSR and at that time I was not in the Kremlin, all the newspaper reporters asked me whether I shall cry? I did not cry, because I really managed to destroy Communism in the USSR, and also in all other European Socialist countries. I did not cry, because I knew that I fulfilled my main aim, that was the defeat of communism in Europe. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Lenin: An ever subtler falsification of Marxism, an ever subtler presentation of anti-materialist doctrines under the guise of Marxism-this is the characteristic feature of modern revisionism in political economy, in questions of tactics and in philosophy generally, both in epistemology and in sociology. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Lenin: For different nations to live together in peace and freedom or to separate and form different states (if that is more convenient for them), a full democracy, upheld by the working class, is essential. No privileges for any nation or any one language! Not even the slightest degree of oppression or the slightest injustice in respect of a national minority—such are the principles of working-class democracy. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
B.K. Gebert: Communists declare that social-democracy, in its ideology & practice, paves the way for fascism; that it splits the working class, and so weakens the struggle of the proletariat against fascism. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Andrei Zhdanov: We Bolsheviks do not deny our cultural heritage. On the contrary, we subject to a critical study the cultural heritage of all peoples and all ages in order to draw from it all that can inspire the working people of Soviet society to great achievements. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Kwame Ture: Socialism hasn't gone anywhere. It has been betrayed, yes. But betrayal doesn't mean collapse. Perhaps they get confused because, at least Judas had the dignity after betraying Christianity to hang himself! Gorbachev is still running around the world picking up pieces of silver. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Friedrich Engels: Socialism hasn't gone anywhere. It has been betrayed, yes. But betrayal doesn't mean collapse. Perhaps they get confused because, at least Judas had the dignity after betraying Christianity to hang himself! Gorbachev is still running around the world picking up pieces of silver. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
William Z. Foster: Capitalism will not grow into Socialism. The great masses of toilers must be in a revolutionary mood ... they must smash capitalism. This all means that they must be under the general leadership of the only revolutionary party, the Communist party. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Mikhail Gorbachev: My ambition was to liquidate communism, the dictatorship over all the people. Supporting me and urging me on in this mission was my wife, who was of this opinion long before I was. I knew that I could only do this if I was the leading functionary. In this my wife urged me to climb to the top post. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Mikhail Gorbachev: I decided that I must destroy the whole apparatus of the CPSU and the USSR. Also, I must do this in all of the other socialist countries. My ideal is the path of social democracy. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Mikhail Gorbachev: I found friends that had the same thoughts as I in Yakovlev and Shevernadze, they all deserve to be thanked for the break-up of the USSR and the defeat of Communism. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Mikhail Gorbachev: I wanted to save the USSR, but only under social democracy rule. This I could not do. Yeltsin wanted power, he did not know anything about democracy or what I intended to do. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
Lenin: We reject any morality based on extra-human and extra-class concepts. We say that this is deception, dupery, stultification of the workers and peasants in the interests of the landowners and capitalists. wordsmith.social/protestation/…
I vote we try to convince conservatives that liberal elites have infected their computer software based on this, see if we can get them to throw everything out and self-isolate.
Shiri Bailem
in reply to Shiri Bailem • •Julia :v_trans: :v_bi:
in reply to Shiri Bailem • • •I do have this in my instances about:
But that's to deter randos who find my instance through my GitHub or similar from requesting to join (which has been an issue in the past). If there's someone who's on the fediverse willing to vouch for new users, the existing account requirement can easily be waived. I will still need a DM prior to allowing someone to sign up because I'll have to generate an invite, but yeah.
As far as other general-purpose instances, there's also tech.lgbt, which is very much open to allies and the like, last I checked, and ones like shonk.social, which is the flagship Sharkey instance (aside from transfem.social).
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in reply to Julia :v_trans: :v_bi: • •@Julia :v_trans: :v_bi: thank you for the extra suggestions as well!
Honestly I feel like I can potentially convert some people to the fediverse by just telling them they can be @eepy.moe because it's the most adorable domain name ever
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