Has anyone else noticed how prevalent Hexbear posters have suddenly become? Maybe sometime last week I noticed nearly every political post had at least one long thread of Hexbear users that do nothing but repeat CCP talking points while waving anyway anything even remotely reliable as Western propaganda. That or getting all excited about trolled libs. The way they tell it, you’d think everything from DW, to Fox, to Propublica, to straight up AP News articles, are all written by the same people.

Not to mention, their info on the Fediverse observer is either straight up wrong or there’s some serious botting going on. According to that, the instance is less than a month old, yet somehow they already have one of the largest, most active userbases, along with far and away the most comments of any instance.

Seems to me like Lemmygrad on steroids. Considering we defederated from them, seems like a no-brainer to block Hexbear as well.

So glad this thread could become such a perfect microcosm of why we need to defederate.

  • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    103·
    1 year ago

    Hey, have you ever noticed how people throw around these big words like “fascism” and “Social-Democracy”? I mean, who came up with these names anyway? It’s like they were playing a game of Scrabble and just decided to throw a bunch of letters together!

    So, apparently, fascism is not just about tanks and military stuff. No, no, it’s like the cool kids’ club for the bourgeoisie. You know, those fancy folks who have all the money and power? Yeah, they’ve got this “fighting organization,” like a secret club with matching jackets or something. And get this, they need the active support of Social-Democracy.

    Social-Democracy, now that’s a mouthful, isn’t it? It’s like if democracy and socialism had a baby, but they were only moderate parents. So, picture this: fascism is like the wild, rowdy sibling, and Social-Democracy is the one who’s trying to keep the peace and make sure no one breaks anything. But guess what? They’re secretly on the same team!

    It’s like having a superhero and their sidekick, but the sidekick is actually the one keeping the superhero in check. Can you imagine Batman going all out, and Robin’s just like, “Whoa, slow down there, buddy. Let’s not destroy the whole city!” That’s Social-Democracy for you.

    So, in this crazy world of politics, they’re saying that the bourgeoisie’s “fighting organization” can’t really win battles or run the show without Social-Democracy cheering them on. It’s like a tag team match where one guy does all the heavy lifting, and the other guy just stands on the sidelines, nodding like, “Yeah, you got this!”

    I don’t know about you, but I’ve never thought of politics as a game of tug-of-war between fancy clubs and their moderate pals. It’s like the grown-up version of kids on the playground. “I’ll be the dictator, and you can be the reasonable mediator, deal?”

    But hey, what do I know? I’m just a guy who can’t even figure out how to program my VCR. Yeah, remember those? So next time you hear these big words being thrown around, just remember, it’s like a secret club with a responsible sidekick. And isn’t that what life’s all about?