Comment by Waker@lemmy.ml on sToP pOsTiNg pOliTicAl mEmEs!!!

I think can answer the memes questions for you.

Non political
Non political
I guess it could be considered political in a way, but it doesn’t target a specific party or opinion so I’d let it through.

Lmao. The FBI: famously non-political government organization that murders activists as easily as one can breath air.

And Microsoft: famously non-political company that ~~bribes~~ lobbies the u.s government constantly to gain monopoly over their market, works hand-in-hand with federal agencies to monitor system users, and regularly influences city, state, and national politics in the pursuit of subsidies of the American worker in order to further boost their already gross profit margins.

I’m not disagreeing that some companies can have a political impact on the world.

Those memes in particular, aren’t focused on the political aspects. You have to be missing a brain in order to miss the point there.

No you have to be missing a brain to think monopolies don’t have anything to do with politics.

Stealing a line from something I saw earlier. If you don’t like the memes just ignore them like you do the homeless people you walk by, non-politically.

I never said they don’t have anything to do with politics you dumbfuck. Re-read my post.

Ok I re read the part where you said

Not political

And interpreted that to mean you didn’t think it was political.

If that wasn’t the intent you should work on communicating more clearly, or not being mad when people correctly read what you posted.

Oh god. How thick can you be? I meant the MEME isn’t political. Never said anything about Microsoft or other big companies.

You did not read correctly, indeed. The question was if the meme was political, not Microsoft.

When you get to the size of a monopoly like that, you operate on such a massive scale that your very existence as a company, and the actions required to grow and sustain it, is orders of magnitude more politcal than say, the small-scale relationship between a restaurant owner and their employees, which is also inherently politcal.

Again, I’m not saying you guys are wrong. What I’m saying is that the point of the meme is NOT political in nature.

You can’t have one without the other and you’d have to have a brain smoother than melting butter in order to miss the point there

There’s no point arguing with you since you can’t understand the basic concept of what the point of a meme is nor can you read what I previously wrote.

What? This is a community for memes. Political debate isn’t memes. Simple as that.

There’s no point arguing with you since you’re detached from material reality, nor can you read what I previously wrote.

But I think they’re political. Is my opinion on what is and is not political invalid for some objective reason?

You’re entitled to your opinion. It doesn’t make it less wrong though, the content of the memes is clearly not political.

Can you provide an objective reason why my thoughts on this are wrong?

They are wrong because those memes aren’t politic. They are not mentioning any party or political affiliation in any way.

Do companies influence politics? Absolutely. But that’s not the point of the meme.

Got it. So only memes that directly mention a political party or political party position is political.

Since there are many communist parties across the globe, that means that any post referencing capitalism is political since making any statement on capitalism is political since it’s related directly to the party stance of political parties around the world, both pro and against.

So the Microsoft Nike crossover meme is political by your definition. Glad we agree!

You almost got it buddy. Keep trying though, you’re very close!

Acknowledging the fact that politics exist is not inherently political. Please explain how that third meme is even remotely political?

Regardless, the lack of a clear and simple political-or-not binary is not an excuse to avoid moderation. The political nature of some things will be argued and some things will slip through the cracks. It happens with all spectrums. But on the other hand, some things are so clearly political that it’s nigh impossible to argue they’re not. I’m sure you can see the massive difference in a meme about Microsoft shoes and a meme about Trump or Biden bad. Those clear extremely political memes are the ones people want banned to their own communities.

And to be clear, I actually like political memes. I just find your rebuttal to be in bad taste.

So basically you want to go with “whatever the mods think in their gut is political, is political” and expect that you’ll have a well moderated community with that as your rule?

I mean, you do you, but that doesn’t sound like a recipe for success to me.

If you have to ask why the 3rd meme is political I encourage you to go read the thread beneath it. Look at how much discussion and conflict it caused. It’s clearly political and basically that entire thread’s discussion is proof positive.

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