Every sport I like

Yes the writing industry is fascinating and quite bad I’d say. There’s a brilliant podcast on it called the missing pages podcast

Yep.

Yes and since op didn’t specify any medical condition I didn’t think it was a wise idea. Idk why my comment is quite so controversial.

I’m sorry for offering up the wrong kind of advice, but I would really urge you to reconsider keto. Its horrible for you. I’ve lost a lot of weight successfully and many things have worked but keto isn’t safe.

I’m not saying its life threatening or you won’t achieve your health goals. But keto is just plain bad.

Those comics are not mine. Thats ash perlman! I think I forgot to credit him since he signs his comics anyways. Thats my bad.

My poetry is over on !ocpoetry@literature.cafe

I do agree with your opinion though

Absolutely

Thanks. Yes i honestly wanted to keep the question open ended for the community rules but I think I ended up with the wrong question

Third world country with no libraries. But I didnt know that was a thing anywhere. Thats really cool!

Oh thats incredible thank you. I might just take you up on the offer to beta read a story! Thanks.

Well I suppose that is what I’m looking for. Retain ‘ownership’ and find an audience of sorts.

Thats interesting. I know of the kindle method but first I’m hearing of ao3. Thanks

Kind of. If I do go onto smth like substack, I don’t necessarily need to make money off of it but the idea that I could is kind of cool enough.

Also I don’t particularly feel ownership of my writing when I post on Lemmy. I love Lemmy and will continue posting here, infact I started !ocpoetry@literature.cafe and post there too and will continue to do so.

I’m sure a hundred blogs and podcasts that do it exist.

6’1 bordering on 6’2. Happy with it

Is the Lima syndrome like ligma?

Its part of the western tradition. Bonnie and Clyde for example.

PS. I’m not american.

Seventy tooth

I read possessed and was quite confused

Equating all socialism with the authoritarian regimes of the 20th century oversimplifies a complex political tradition.

Dictatorial tendencies are not intrinsic to socialism but are contingent on specific historical and political contexts.

Russia: The Bolsheviks’ turn to authoritarianism was partly due to the civil war, external invasions, and a lack of democratic traditions. These circumstances led to the consolidation of power to preserve the revolution, not as an inevitable feature of socialist theory.

In other contexts, socialist movements (e.g., in Scandinavia) have successfully implemented social democratic policies without authoritarianism.

The role of individual leaders and political choices in shaping socialist experiments. Figures like Lenin and Stalin made decisions that prioritized centralized control, which deviated from the principles of worker self-management and democratic participation.

These deviations were not a necessary outcome of socialism but reflected the particular decisions and dynamics of those historical moments. So a small sample size of major socialist states and people cloud judgement.

External hostility often pushed socialist regimes toward authoritarian measures. For example, the USSR faced significant opposition from capitalist countries, which influenced its militarization and political centralization. This external pressure created a siege mentality that undermined the potential for democratic governance.

Democratic socialism has thrived in various countries, showing that socialism can coexist with democratic principles. Examples include the welfare states of Scandinavia, where socialism has enhanced equality and social welfare without undermining political freedoms.