this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2026
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.


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The power trip / ban doesn't bother me, but the misinformation does. They present as leftist, but flare up around US elections discouraging voter turnout via 'bOtH siDeS' garbage. that only ever elevates shit like MAGA.

In the linked thread, OP promotes rioting while discouraging voter turnout. My comments agreed with activism like riots, but pointed out that it's not an either-or thing. You can riot -and- vote; and even if you don't have it in you to riot, still do vote.

Banned.

You can see my removed comment quoted in the post after mine.

This 'blue MAGA' tankie shit is somehow worse than the loud-and-clear MAGA shit over on Reddit - at least those neonazis were honest about who they were.

Anywho, YSK. Spaces like r/conservative were clearly labeled and easy to avoid; LateStageCapitalism@lemmy.world presents as a cause worth rallying around, but only until you peel up the veneer and see that they're the same fucking thing.

Also please vote. In addition to whatever flavor of activism tickles your fancy.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

Note to all: This is not the place to get on your "VOTE" soapboaxes. Stick to judging the moderation action.

Sorry, will do from now on.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

Fuck you, VOTE

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And one of the main ways to judge posts is to VOTE them up or down. Hmmm.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago

Not in this comm. Check the sticky

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago
[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Hilarious how folks can actually believe that socialists are the blue MAGA as opposed to the genocidal democrats and DSA. It is so feeble and tired.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world -1 points 5 hours ago

I see someone didn't read the rules...

[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Tankie outreach community with mods that are pro Russia and censorship heavy. One of them loves responding to comments they've deleted. LW does nothing like usual in response to problematic moderators. PTB.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

I see OP has multiple comments that are all deleted. A reply quoting their "you should vote" comment isn't deleted. There are comments still up like:

What prevents you from voting and rioting at the same time?

There is absolutely no reason to not vote.

To me it looks like something else triggered the ban.

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 hours ago

It could have been another one. I expanded on my stance that discouraging activism or voting is an act of support for the status quo, specifically MAGA. Maybe that crossed the mod's line. /shrug.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Idk I've seen multiple people with this sort of experience so I'm willing to believe OP

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[–] dil@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

If you care about a community, make another one, the way lemmy is setup you get just as much visibility as a popular one

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 14 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Being banned from latestagecapitalism is an honor. They have conservative mods. You can be banned there for criticizing conservatism or saying things that are too far from Fox News talking points.

Not really sure how or why we end up with conservative mods in these communities, but it really ruins them.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

LateStageCapitalism is run by a sole moderator who is either a foreign shill or so stupid that they're doing their work for them for free.

He bans anyone that goes against his narrative. I am by no means the only person that has spoken out against that sub and its mod. It's becoming public knowledge at this point that the sub is compromised.

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