I was just perusing the modlog when I noticed something interesting. Apparently posting news about Gaza/Palestine is not allowed on !worldnews@sh.itjust.works. I decided to check the side bar and didn’t see anything. The only pinned post also does not indicate that this is not allowed

edit: the mod in question is @Eyekaytee@aussie.zone . sorry for not originally tagging. i hadn’t realized it was a rule that this must be done. i thought it seemed inappropriate since i was trying to initiate a conversation about a community’s rules and culture rather than start drama about an individual

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    Once all of production is collectivized, the basis of class ceases to exist, and thus the basis of the state erodes.

    Communism isn’t utopian, and greed isn’t a matter of biology, but expressed to greater or lesser degrees depending on the mode of production.

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      And how would you prevent a state from forming in a stateless society? We are pack animals after all.

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        Marxists define states and governments as two separate things, you should look into this before you ask this question

        Communists as a whole use the original meanings of the terms and not the modern ones.

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        The basis of the state is class society. Once class is abolished through collectivized production, the oppressive elements of society that form the state, ie police, millitaries, etc erode. Administration will continue to exist, as will collective decision making organs, etc, but this is not what Marxists recognize as the state.