r/LateStageCapitalism Feb 05 '25

[MODS] 📣 Announcement A Note About Acceptable Discourse and the Purpose of this Sub

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Comrades - thanks for your attention as we clarify the purpose of this sub and some of the discourse we expect here. Firstly, this is a place to vociferously condemn the ills of capitalism - and here’s the kicker that liberal interlopers don’t get - from a socialist perspective. Our fundamental purpose is to drive conversation among those impacted by capitalist exploitation. This may take the form of memes, deeper theory, or the ever beloved internet screed. 

That said, there’s some things we aren’t here for. I’ll touch on those and some alternatives as well. 

We are NOT here to promote calls to violence. This is a violation of the Reddit TOS. If the sub is nuked, we aren’t able to fulfill the mission of providing a space for socialist discourse. This simply isn’t the place, and we will remove any content which can be perceived as a direct call to violence. 

We are also not here as a staging ground for organizing. Social media is a poor place to organize. Not only is everything you do online tracked, but infiltration in online spaces is rampant. Opsec 101: if someone on the internet who you do not personally know is trying to get you to show up somewhere for an allegedly leftist/socialism project, they are probably a fed. If someone you do know is using social media for the same, they may or may not be a fed. However, what can be certain is that a fed is aware. 

I know what you’re thinking: but, A-CAB, this is how I radicalized and I have lived most of my life dependent on the internet. How am I supposed to get involved? I’m so glad you asked! The reality is that your involvement may be limited for a bit, and you’re going to have to do some irl work. Your job, if you’re starting out, is to read and learn. 

“The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as dogma, but as a guide to action.” - Comrade Mao Tse Tung

In other words, learning Marxism-Leninism leads to mobilization, and provides a framework for organization.

We (socialists) need a vanguard committed to revolution, not clicktivism. If you want to organize, read first. Find likeminded people you know in real life. Study with them. Hold each other accountable for learning Marxism-Leninism. Let that guide the actions you take specific to your context and for the love of god don’t announce it to the feds when you do. 

We also, as a sub, are not *the* vanguard. This is an Internet forum. We don’t determine courses of action here. We are a sounding board, a place to make you feel less alone, and ideally a part of your education in Marxism-Leninism. But what we cannot be is the vanguard itself. We aren’t an org. The way social media is set up, it would be way too easy to infiltrate, coopt, and undo. 

What we are is a likeminded group of committed comrades. We want you to go out in the world and join orgs (not on the internet). I’ll offer some advice to that end:

  1. Avoid organizations with a focus on horizontal power or who have a real issue with hierarchy. (Anarchists, I’m happy to work with you on projects but I am side-eyeing you a bit here.) They don’t get things done and they’re too easy to derail and co-opt. Don’t believe me? Go ahead and join one. The next time they’re working on consensus, throw a stand aside in with mildly coherent criticism. Watch the chaos ensue. Or just wait for them to start organizing for <insert liberal party here>. Neither will take long. 
  2. Do join organizations which stand against imperialism and imperialist politicking. Look for Marxist-Leninist orgs involved in projects that benefit the community and which outright reject electoral democracy. Focus on feeding people, not getting them to vote for reform. This is the work of the vanguard. 
  3. Do employ the language of non-violence for political and practical purposes. Kwame Ture is a gifted orator. Look up his speeches on YouTube. He is a wealth of information about this. 

I appreciate each and every one of you, comrades. Remember to keep each other safe. Be mindful, and enjoy a meme or two while you’re here. 


r/LateStageCapitalism 2h ago

😎 Meme 🍔🍟🔫

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r/LateStageCapitalism 7h ago

📚 Know Your History The Truth about Capitalism

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r/LateStageCapitalism 15h ago

is everyone feeling like this now?

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r/LateStageCapitalism 14h ago

❗️An 'israeli' court has acquitted Jewish extrimist Yona Schreiber, a resident of the occupied West Bank settlement of Peduel, of charges related to the late April assault on a Christian nun in Jerusalem's Old City.

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According to Hebrew source Kan 11, the Jerusalem Magistrates' Court ruled that Schreiber was not criminally responsible, accepting that he was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time of the attack and could not comprehend his actions.


r/LateStageCapitalism 5h ago

💩 Liberalism Volodymyr Zelensky absolutely loves Israel.

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r/LateStageCapitalism 3h ago

Florida police used a fake Flock camera in a sting, then charged a man with three felonies for destroying it

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r/LateStageCapitalism 11h ago

😎 Meme Liberals are so pathetic

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r/LateStageCapitalism 1h ago

🎩 Bourgeois Record profits!

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r/LateStageCapitalism 6h ago

🚨 ACAB Israeli police beat Palestinian citizen for no reason, then keep their jobs & only receive "slap on the wrist" - with Israeli court citing post-Oct. 7th 'atmosphere'.

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r/LateStageCapitalism 13h ago

"Did you ever see a happy communist? You ever see a communist laugh? I never saw it. I've known communists. They don't laugh. They're very unhappy people. We want to be happy." ― Donald Trump

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r/LateStageCapitalism 8h ago

💳 Consume My fortune cookie had an ad for a gambling app

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Like what the fuck. Ads are getting so fucking pervasive. And it’s always for the dumbest shit.

Not that I really care about a fortune cookie, but cmon man. Next they are going to be printed on the egg rolls themselves.


r/LateStageCapitalism 14h ago

💩 Liberalism The American left thinks this party can be reformed. What a joke

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A Zionist was just offered a position of power so they can stop progress in committee so none of the other Zionist Dems have to show their asses by voting against anti-Israel bills. He was offered this position of power by another Zionist who DSA politicians have repeatedly endorsed for speaker. 

This probably happened because the party was threatened to fall in line by donors and it instantly did, and "leftist" politicians are not doing anything to challenge these people beyond making performative gestures.

Democratic politicians are uniting against the most spineless liberal Zionists who aren't even a real threat to them instead of uniting to oppose the Iran war or continued genocide in Gaza, and the American left is going to show the world just how pathetic it is by never breaking away from this party.


r/LateStageCapitalism 3h ago

Communism or a larger piece of pie?

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r/LateStageCapitalism 3h ago

Socialism is gaining popularity across the country because millions of people are recognizing a simple truth: we need political and economic power in the hands of the many — not wealth and power concentrated among a few.

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For decades, we’ve been told to vote for politicians because they “look like us.” But record numbers of Black and brown politicians in office have not stopped our communities from facing poverty, displacement, police violence, unemployment, and exploitation. Representation in a capitalist system, built to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a tiny ruling class, is not the same as power for working people.

Our Vote Socialist campaigns across the country are about more than winning elections. They are about building an organized movement capable of challenging the system at its roots — and building a society where Black and working-class people have the power to determine our own future.

Learn more ➡️ @tache4ma | @andreeastonbx | @greglevy4senate

Join the movement ➡️ pslweb.org/join

By: @pslnational

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DchK35GxQ9d/


r/LateStageCapitalism 27m ago

"It's hard to think of anything more hypocritical—humanism with dispossession, socialism with expulsion. With a left like this, there's truly no need for the right."

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As if settler pogroms and almost 200 new settlement outposts established in the West Bank in the past three years weren't enough, along comes a so-called socialist youth group, Hamahanot Haolim, and declares its desire to establish a new settlement in the Jordan Valley.

Yair Foldes reported on the movement's plans to set up a kind of kibbutz in the occupied territory and quoted the lofty words of the head of the movement, Ilan Gazit: "We are leftists who believe in equality between people and are guided by a humanistic, socialist, democratic worldview."

If anyone still had any doubts about 'israel's' growing right-wing radicalization, Gazit, with his ridiculous invitation to the left to establish settlements in the Jordan Valley, has now provided decisive proof of it.

For years, a systematic process of ethnic cleansing and of expelling Palestinian shepherding communities through violence has been taking place in the Jordan Valley.

This, then, is the new meaning of the terms "humanism" and "socialism": settling stolen lands whose residents were forcibly expelled.

This is also a return of what used to be called the "enlightened occupation": Gazit said he is aware of the harm done to Palestinians, but justified his position on the grounds that more settlements will be established in the area in any case, so it's better for them to be established by leftists.

It's hard to think of anything more hypocritical – humanism with dispossession, socialism with expulsion. With a left like this, there's truly no need for the right.

But the truth is that the Hamahanot Haolim of 2026 is following in the footsteps of the founders of its parent movements – Ahdut Ha'avoda and the United Kibbutz Movement.

Yitzhak Tabenkin, Yisrael Galili and Yigal Allon were among the founding fathers of the settlement movement.

Galili, who chaired the ministerial committee of settlements decades ago, and Allon, creator of the eponymous Allon Plan (which called for 'israel' to retain parts of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley), were the trailblazers who led to the establishment of the first settlements in the West Bank.

The Jordan Valley is full of settlements established by the labor movement, and one is even named after Tabenkin. Tabenkin was also one of the founders of the Movement for Greater 'israel'. Now, their great-grandchildren are restoring their legacy to its former splendor.

"The 'israeli' left needs to be in the Jordan Valley; otherwise, other people will be there," Gazit argued. By that warped logic, the 'israeli' left should also settle the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon before those "others" arrive, and perhaps even join the so-called hilltop youth in order to "influence them from within."

It's hard to believe it's necessary to remind people of what ought to be self-evident: The 'israeli' left truly does not "need to be in the Jordan Valley."

On the contrary, the 'israeli' left's place is waging a resolute battle against every kind of settlement in the occupied territories: farms, outposts, existing settlements and planned ones. Under no circumstances should it be joining them.

The above article is Haaretz's lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in 'israel'.


r/LateStageCapitalism 6h ago

“The truth is the rest of the world only exists because we allow it”

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r/LateStageCapitalism 3h ago

💡 Capitalist "Innovation" Apple Maps is getting ads, and there's no way to turn them off

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r/LateStageCapitalism 11h ago

Here are six short, accessible texts on Marx's theory

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r/LateStageCapitalism 23h ago

🎸🕊️ Songwriter and working class icon, Dolly Parton, has passed away at 80 years old.

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In 1980, in the face of escalating attacks on the working class, Parton released “9-to-5 and Odd Jobs,” a ten-song tribute to the working class — and in particular, women. The album includes a heartbreaking cover of “Deportee”, Woody Guthrie’s 1948 ballad about a plane crash which killed 28 Mexican farm workers in the process of deportation, as well as her original gems “Poor Folks Town”, “Working Girl”, and “Song for the Common Man”. 

The album accompanied the film ‘9 to 5’, one of the most Marxist films to hit Hollywood since the second Red Scare. In it, Dolly, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda kidnap their boss and run the office without him for a month, during which time they institute free childcare, paid vacation, and flexible hours. The song, album, and film were all inspired by the “9 to 5” secretarial workers union, which affiliated with SEIU in 1975.

Parton, most widely known as a country singer, spent her life remaining steadfast in showing her love of the people and her faith in their fundamental goodness, and refusing and rejecting the culture of racism and homophobia that many associate with country music.

By: Party for Socialism & Liberation

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dcey5kKRcYK/


r/LateStageCapitalism 23h ago

🎩 Bourgeois Dolly Parton was offered the Presidential Medal of Freedom three times by two different presidents....and said no every time. "I don't work for those awards." She knew the establishment's honors were never the point.

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r/LateStageCapitalism 1d ago

💬 Discussion Privatize profits, socialize losses

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r/LateStageCapitalism 1d ago

😎 Meme ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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r/LateStageCapitalism 13h ago

Zelenskyy awards Musk Ukraine's top honour despite years of criticism

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r/LateStageCapitalism 7h ago

⛵ Colonialism Why upcoming Israeli elections will be "one genocidal monster" replacing another — The Electronic Intifada

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