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Can someone clarify or debunk some Lemmy/fediverse allegations for me? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by trufax@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In the boiling chaos of reddit over the last few days, I scrolled past some allegations that I didn’t have a chance to thoroughly look into before today’s start to the blackout.

IIRC, if was something to do with a connection between Lemmy’s creator (or maybe the fediverse at large?) and neo nazi/white nationalist ideology, but that’s all I remember off the top of my head. I couldn’t tell at the time if it was just a loyal redditor’s sour grapes, ragebait, or if it had something to it.

Obviously, I’m not going back over to reddit right now to find the thread, and a web search is mostly pulling articles about Motorhead’s Lemmy, lol. Does anyone have any info on this or an idea if why this might have been passed around? I’m new to lemmy, so I don’t know much of the backstory on the page.

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[–] derived_allegory@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

AFAIK, one of Lemmy's core developer seems to be a China/Russia apologist, see content on https://lemmy.ml/c/socialism , which is moderated by one of the creator: https://lemmy.ml/u/dessalines

He identify as a communist from his profile on GitHub and Lemmy. I am sure there are people (including me), who disagree with his definition of "communism" or "socialism".

As a left-leaning Chinese, who does not enjoy many decisions made by the CCP, it is obviously disheartening for me to see CCP being protraited as "socialists", "communists", or "democratic". But despite his potentially controversial political stance, it is very likely he is neither a neo-nazi (Nazi and Russia/China didn't have a good relationship) nor a white supremacists (even his cover art on Lemmy is a picture of Mao).

I don't necessarily agree with his political stance, but lemmy is a FOSS project maintained by many; so if the lead developer does something out-of-line, I am sure there exists people can maintain a fork.

EDIT: obviously, when I say "China" or "Russia", I refer to their current governments, not their people.