by Cryo311 February 08, 2023
A modern-day Marxist-Leninist
Usually derogatory but generally refers to MLs that use Soviet apologia or nostalgia
This word is also used (wrongly) as a synonym for "left of Reagan"
Usually derogatory but generally refers to MLs that use Soviet apologia or nostalgia
This word is also used (wrongly) as a synonym for "left of Reagan"
Conservative: Bernie Sanders is a neo-Stalinite
Anarchist: No, Bernie is a moderate democratic socialist. Neo-Stalinites are a thing but if you misuse the term it's going to be meaningless.
Anarchist: No, Bernie is a moderate democratic socialist. Neo-Stalinites are a thing but if you misuse the term it's going to be meaningless.
by Cryo311 November 24, 2023
People who express left-wing politics but also show sympathy or support for reactionary/chauvinistic/authoritarian ideology. Often used by anarchists and left-libertarians.
However, there are ideologies that are a synthesis of fascism and left-wing economic policy such as National Bolshevism
However, there are ideologies that are a synthesis of fascism and left-wing economic policy such as National Bolshevism
by Cryo311 May 31, 2023
Catch the bus, a term for suicide
Often used in pro-suicide forums, whose only purpose is to encourage people with suicidal ideation to kill themselves. These forums are practically suicide cults. If you're on one of these forums, leave and get help.
Often used in pro-suicide forums, whose only purpose is to encourage people with suicidal ideation to kill themselves. These forums are practically suicide cults. If you're on one of these forums, leave and get help.
by Cryo311 January 22, 2023
A left-wing economic system where the means of production is controlled by the workers.
Some socialists support a centralized planned economy (State Socialism), decentralized planned economy (usually Syndicalism or Council Socialism), a free market managed by worker coops (Market Socialism), a democratically controlled economy within a welfare state (Democratic Socialism), or a dismantling of all coercive hierarchy including the state (Anarchism)
Some socialists support a centralized planned economy (State Socialism), decentralized planned economy (usually Syndicalism or Council Socialism), a free market managed by worker coops (Market Socialism), a democratically controlled economy within a welfare state (Democratic Socialism), or a dismantling of all coercive hierarchy including the state (Anarchism)
Many people hear socialism and interpret it as “Marxism-Leninism”, but most socialists aren’t MLs or State Socialists. Some aren’t even statist
by Cryo311 June 24, 2023
A genre of punk rock that focuses on expanding beyond the musical boundaries of hardcore punk. Post-hardcore usually has more melodic and complex arrangements than hardcore. In other words, post-hardcore is to hardcore what post-punk is to punk.
It was pioneered in the eighties by bands like Minutemen, Naked Raygun, and the Effigies. It gained mainstream popularity along with its emo subgenre in the late '90s and early '00s, with bands like Rise Against, My Chemical Romance, and At The Drive-In.
A foundational post-hardcore record is My War by Black Flag
It was pioneered in the eighties by bands like Minutemen, Naked Raygun, and the Effigies. It gained mainstream popularity along with its emo subgenre in the late '90s and early '00s, with bands like Rise Against, My Chemical Romance, and At The Drive-In.
A foundational post-hardcore record is My War by Black Flag
by Cryo311 July 21, 2024