Honestly, I don’t even think our reach is shorter because of this. I myself only got into Lemmygrad after a few months of knowing about Marxism.

If anything this just removes zionists and libs from accessing us.

Thank you for your reply (and everyone else’s replies as well)

I have the privilege of being able to get out of the country, I’m currently in the US visiting family and working for a small business, it’s been about a month. A family member living here managed to get me in the company. It’s been pretty meh so far, only done some webdev work (they didn’t even put the site live) and IT assistance (installing PCs and such). They have their own management software that (I think) they’re selling, which is not ideal but capitalism™. I don’t yet have the know-how to make any contributions to it, unfortunately. I’m entering my second year in university and I’ll come back to Brazil when it starts.

Even in Brazil, is entering the academic or research field hard? I can get a (sorry if not right name in English) doctorate, post doc, master’s, etc since I can find jobs that pay enough to provide for myself while studying due to my qualifications and my parents helping me if I need to. Honestly I’d kill just to get a job at Pine64, System76 or the FSF.

Sorry if I’m too naïve or enthusiastic about all this, I’m still very new to the job market and stuff. (20yo also)

can people on lemmy stop being right for once? you guys are always on point, say the earth is flat or something lol

it’s not a “shadowy cabal”, it’s the ruling class, aka the bourgeois class, the owners of the means of production. capitalism’s flaws cannot be mitigated because it’s because of these flaws that the system itself can exist (exploitation of workers in different degrees, exploitation of the 3rd world, revenue concentration in the hands of a few, wars and misery etc etc)

the system won’t work well for the people because that’s the whole point of the system’s existence since its inception. it works for a particular class and only that class. the problem isn’t Democrats vs Republicans, it’s capitalism vs the working class. you don’t have to vote, you have to join worker’s unions, a socialist/communist party, be an activist, and when duty calls, participate in the revolution that is to come. the only real material change comes when the working class takes power and actually makes way for changes in the socioeconomic status of the country/world. I suggest reading some of Marx’s work

With that said, I do agree that in some aspects the Democrats are “better”, such as LGBT rights and such, but that could be 10 times better if the people were actually in charge instead of a few rich lobbyists.

This is a great point. I’m white, middle class and cishet so I’m not gonna draw that much attention . police in Brazil is one if not the most reactionary ever

and yes, it would be mainly to collect, and as a very minor secondary learn how to use guns properly and learn gun safety in general.

thank you for your reply, comrade. interesting point and thank you for linking the c/firearms

I didn’t really have any good reasons to get a gun, I just wanted to get started on a hobby I found interesting (and maybe use that hobby in a 0.000001% chance of a revolution). I find socialist-made weaponry interesting because they’re not made for a professional army, but rather the people in general. it’s a philosophy different than american/european weapons from what I can gather

yeah basically I just wanted my personal collection of weird shit lol

I was planning on doing safety training and going through all the ins and outs of it to be safe. I just wanted to have a niche hobby tbh

thank you for your reply!

thank you, my friend