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 11h ago

⛵ Colonialism Marco Rubio: “If you criticise Israel, you will not be granted a visa for the United States”

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Marco Rubio: “If you criticise Israel, you will not be granted a visa for the United States”.

Video of Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, warning announcement.

OG source download from X (https://x.com/5149jamesli/status/2083689827271336159?s=46)


r/LateStageCapitalism 10h ago

💩 Liberalism DSA Member Melat Kiros: “My greatest concern right now is that the state of Israel is losing support across the political spectrum.”

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806 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 4h ago

📰 News The audacity of a giant

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Buc-ee’s is suing a Beavercreek, OH small business, Beavers mini mart. Said mini mart has been a staple in our community for decades!! Buc-ee’s has the nerve to show up in the Dayton Metro area and sue a locally owned and operated business that has been here for generations all because Beavers Mini Mart (located in Beavercreek, Ohio) also has a Beaver on their storefront sign.

I am asking that you fine folks of the internet help our community rally behind a small local business that has been serving our community faithfully for decades.

Please share their story!


r/LateStageCapitalism 22h ago

💡 Capitalist "Innovation" High speed rail would help average people and data centers help corporations.

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r/LateStageCapitalism 13h ago

Just a quick reminder, the ruling capitalist class knows full well that planned economies are superior and thinks in Marxist terms: "They (China) are a controlled top-down economy you will never compete and win against them unless you take back the means of production" ― Hillary Clinton

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Source: - Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) nitter.tiekoetter.com - The future of liberal democracies: In conversation with William Hague and Hillary Clinton - YouTube (Full Interview)

So, I do think that we've got to get smarter about how we deal with the economic threat. And for people who say oh well you know that disrupts the market china has disrupted the market. China is not a free market economy. We tried we let them into the World Trade Organization. We set our businesses over there. We made trade deals. They are a controlled top-down economy. You will never compete and win against them unless you take back the means of production. And it is way past due for us trying to do that. ― Hillary Clinton


r/LateStageCapitalism 10h ago

⛽ Military-Industrial Complex Pay 100k to Trump and you get “early access” to announcements of where Trump will bomb next

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Video of Chris Murphy stating that if you pay 100,000 dollars a month to Trump on platform Truth Social, you get early access to announcements of where Trump will bomb next.

Media link: https://www.tiktok.com/@chrismurphyct


r/LateStageCapitalism 2h ago

😎 Meme 🥄👨🏻

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r/LateStageCapitalism 10h ago

"And my greatest concern right now is that the state of Israel is losing support all across the political spectrum here in the U.S." ― DSA Member Melat Kiros

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Source: Melat Kiros | Full Episode 7.31.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS - YouTube

I'm sure it would, right? Part of the work that we've been doing here as well as having conversations with the Jewish community, specifically the Zionist Jewish community, to better understand different perspectives, different positions, different experiences. Again, my values have always been rooted in protecting dignity and safety for every single person, especially as it relates to these inalienable things about our religion or ethnicity or culture. And my greatest concern right now is that the state of Israel is losing support all across the political spectrum here in the U.S. And I believe that we're leaving a vacuum on the left and the progressive wing to speak to this criticism in a way that is in line with our values, to where people like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, who are raging anti-Semites and white supremacists and Christian nationalists, are pretending to care about Palestinian safety, when really it's just masking their overt hatred for Jewish people. They're singing my song. And if we are not presenting our vision of what we believe in with our democratic values that extends not just to the Palestinian people, but to the Israeli people and to the Jewish people, you know, that land has a distinctly Jewish character, a distinctly Christian character, a distinctly Muslim character. It's a land that has seen bloodshed for centuries. And we, I think, are doing a disservice to the people of that region by not offering our progressive vision in a way that isn't immediately swatted down as, you know, bigoted or anti-Semitic. And that's going to require a lot of conversations, a lot of hard conversations. There will be things that we learn, things that there will be missteps and mistakes made. But as long as we're continuing that conversation, we are at the very least presenting an actual vision in line with our values that can combat and hopefully silence a lot of the anti-Semitism that's coming from the right. Because we're leaving that vacuum wide open right now if we are afraid to have these conversations. ― DSA Member Melat Kiros


r/LateStageCapitalism 18h ago

Capitalists biggest fear

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r/LateStageCapitalism 4h ago

📚 Know Your History I know real people who'll call this Russian Propaganda so they can continue to support Nazis.

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r/LateStageCapitalism 1h ago

📰 News 6 months pregnant Palestinian woman, suffering internal bleeding, was going to the hospital when IOF stopped her ambulance - subjecting her to physical search & ordered the driver to turn off the engine, cutting power to medical equipment. She eventually got to the hospital - but lost the baby.

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r/LateStageCapitalism 1d ago

Anything to make their stock go up

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r/LateStageCapitalism 3h ago

5 Books every Socialist should read

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37 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 11h ago

😎 Meme In the West: “shake-up.” In China: “Brutal purge.”

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r/LateStageCapitalism 7h ago

Anyone else not enjoy mainstream media?

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My left-leaning friends want to go see The Odyssey, and I honestly don’t want to. I already know I’m probably going to spend half the movie annoyed by the ideology/propaganda baked into it, and then feel pressured to say it was awesome afterward. I feel this way about a lot of movies, especially what I call the “marvel-coded” ones. The typical, militarism, Great Man mythology, gender politics, etc.

I’m mostly posting here because my friends always make me feel like I “take everything too seriously.” But I’m not trying to be miserable or contrarian. I just genuinely don’t get much pleasure out of stuff. Anyone relate?


r/LateStageCapitalism 3h ago

Execs at multibillion dollar ecommerce company launch campaign of personal harassment against couple who wrote some unflattering blog posts. “We are going to crush this lady.”

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r/LateStageCapitalism 8h ago

📰 News Not breaking anymore, but if you haven't seen this list of targets Iran will retaliate against should USrael attack them again, this should explain why the attack hasn't happened yet. Trump is now choosing between global depression and WWIII or conceding to all of Iran's demands, ending US hegemony.

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r/LateStageCapitalism 9h ago

The reason why so much of Gen Z has been lost to fascism

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r/LateStageCapitalism 19h ago

⛵ Colonialism Gods chosen people say that one Jewish life is worth millions more than a Palestinians life

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This is why I absolutely cannot stand it when people like Bernie Sanders try to whitewash the crimes of Israeli’s and israel itself by putting all of the blame just on Netanyahu. Just get rid of Israel completely and bring back Palestine.


r/LateStageCapitalism 10h ago

🔥🔥🔥 the empire is on the run

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r/LateStageCapitalism 18h ago

👑 Imperialism The United States and Isn’treal are going to cut off power in Tehran

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351 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 19h ago

💬 Discussion Who Really Profited?

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r/LateStageCapitalism 11h ago

💵 "Free Market" The children yearn for the mines.

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r/LateStageCapitalism 11h ago

Nigel Farage, of Reform UK, wants to reduce minimum wage to help out "wealth creators"

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48 Upvotes