https://lemmy.world/comment/15319695

I’m guessing they did this because my comment didn’t have the correct positive vibes for them on their post when they’re the moderator.

It’s funny because 196 and almost all of its derivatives are rightfully anti-tankie because tankies promote centrism and conservatism directly harmful to trans and gay rights.

  • @PugJesus
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    25 hours ago

    Marxism being an explicitly a materialist worldview does not mean that it has no real way of comparing cultural qualities.

    • archomrade [he/him]
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      -15 hours ago

      Outside of how they relate to material conditions, it doesn’t.

      It can’t help inform your gender identity any more than it can help you decide what toppings to put on your pizza. Attributing that kind of cultural expression to an ideology that has nothing to say about it isn’t just dumb, it’s fascistic.

      • @PugJesus
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        25 hours ago

        Outside of how they relate to material conditions, it doesn’t.

        What part of culture can’t be related to material conditions, again? I’m pretty sure that’s the point of materialism.

        I guess basic concepts are too complex to parse. Sorry for overtaxing you.

        It can’t help inform your gender identity any more than it can help you decide what toppings to put on your pizza.

        “It can’t tell you what your preferences are, therefore, it has no way of comparing cultural qualities.”

        Jesus fucking Christ.