My achilles heel if you will

I’m the same, I don’t care about the karma aspect, I do care when it is strategically used by hidden interests to keep certain content ranked lower and push content they like up.

That’s a nice analogy.

I wouldn’t worry as much about Alt-Right conservatives here - they tried but couldn’t get a foothold, and after being defederated from all instances eventually collapsed internally, and went to Truth Social. Here, we ironically have much more to worry about from the Alt-Left that uses identical patterns of behaviors, just ostensibly on the “left”.

I’d love to learn more about this story. Who is alt-left? How do they behave?

Fair warning, the .ml asshats will remove this for p0LitiCaL

Cool, I think I understand it better now.

So an r/TheDonald situation on Lemmy would effectively mean this community can exist forever until it is just lonely sitting by itself defederated from every other instance in the lemmyverse (fediverse?). So it is impossible to basically shut something like that down on a global scale, only to North Korea it. (At which point, as the analogy goes, they are forced to send their soldiers to help with the Russians and find a way to make trouble that way)

I suppose that’s a fair price to pay for decentralisation. Thanks for the responses.

I think it’s clear that the answer to that is not enough, so why don’t you point me towards the nearest library with a Lemmy history section?

Ok thanks. I’m a little confused by what that means for voting. Is it possible that anti authoritarian posts or comments still get downvote- brigaded by an instance that is technically defederated from the instance of the OP?

So let’s say instance A and B are defederated from each other, but both are with instance C. User from A posts something on C and every B user still gets to downvote everything to oblivion right?

So .ml is effectively r/TheDonald and we can’t do much against brigading?

I don’t remember. I didn’t post it. I saved it, and then it was gone.

Lol

Ok, perhaps I don’t. Can you explain what people mean when they call for “defederating from” an instance then?

Well argued.

I didn’t post it, I just saved it somewhere on .ml and it is gone, and found it back on !progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

My question stands though, I sense that “political” is used fairly broadstrokely It almost means “complicated, longer than 5 second attention span” stuff.

With political meaning “relating to the government or public affairs of a country”, e.g. a broad definition too. However, a free person being essentially abducted on the street by plain clothes “law enforcement” could perhaps be seen as a humanitarian, civil liberty, freedom of speech, and some many others before it being just “political”.

Is there a guideline on Lemmy why we let the tankies be part of this or is a bit of an analogy to the r/TheDonald situation on Reddit? As in: I hope that we don’t slide the same way.

I’m not complaining about bans. I’m trying to have a debate on why tankie-land needs to be part of this?

The Fourth Reich is being established under our eyes. What’s the point of social media if a bunch of idiot mods can stop the world from seeing this very essential information?

I would like to have a better definition of what constitutes “political”, what is “humanitarian” then?

Should this be clearly defined per instance?

Like we don’t even have Reddit anymore. All we have is this sputtering slow barely anyone here fresh fragile digital space where we can share some minor resistance, can we at least not have any self sabotage here?

!AneurysmPosting@sopuli.xyz

What you are seeing is their preparation. The collapse has started and will probably take another half a decade to reach the rich white parts of the world. They just want to die last and they also care a lot about their cause of death.

Once you had that money you would understand that preparing means making sure your head doesn’t end up in a guillotine.

Waiting in your bunker is sad. What if you could have fun, drink the wine the peasants made, see the Earth, and get by with a modest security detail? All you have to do is own and control the modern day version of the newspaper.

It’s a tale as old as time.

The preparation you’re talking about was complete 10 or 20 years ago. Now they’re just having fun and moving so that they’re lifestyle can continue without telling us the truth, or if we found out the truth that we kill each other first before we kill them.

No just trying to get to war faster. Us fighting each other is their greatest security.

I’m not sure. Claude said

Forming a new political party in the United States is a complex process that involves navigating federal and state regulations. Here’s a step-by-step guide:

1. Develop your platform: Define your party’s core values, positions, and policy agenda to differentiate it from existing parties.

2. Create an organizational structure: Form a committee with leadership roles (chair, treasurer, secretary) and establish bylaws governing your party’s operations.

3. Register at the federal level: File with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by submitting Form 1, “Statement of Organization” if you plan to raise/spend more than $1,000.

   • FEC website: https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/registering-political-party/

4. Register in individual states: Requirements vary significantly by state, but typically include:

   • Gathering signatures (ranging from hundreds to hundreds of thousands)
   • Filing specific paperwork
   • Paying filing fees
   • Meeting state-specific thresholds

5. Build local chapters: Establish a grassroots presence by organizing at the local level in communities across your target states.

6. Field candidates: Run candidates in local and state elections to build visibility and credibility.

7. Work toward ballot access: Each state has different requirements for getting your party on the ballot, often requiring a minimum percentage of votes in previous elections or petition signatures.

8. Fundraise: Develop a funding strategy that complies with campaign finance laws and regulations.

Think of forming a political party like planting a tree - you need strong roots (grassroots support), a sturdy trunk (organizational structure), and many branches (local chapters) before you can bear fruit (electoral success). The process requires patience, as most successful third parties in American history took years or decades to establish themselves.

For more detailed information, you might want to consult your state’s secretary of state office website or the FEC website (https://www.fec.gov/).​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

That’s not how new parties work my friend

Please explain