I found that the members of r/luckystar were saying very sexual things about characters that, while 18, had very child like designs. And even if, they were saying shit like, “Cunny!” and, “Correction!” so, yeah.
I constantly reported all posts and comments like that I came across and eventually made a post asking why they were saying things like that. I wasn’t hostile, and was in fact, rather calm about the situation. Meanwhile, they were all extremely rude and hostile towards my post, calling me names and such, and about 20 minutes later, my account was shadowbanned.
So, not only did Reddit moderation side with the pedos, they didn’t even have the decency to tell me what I did wrong. Assuming how it all happened so suddenly, I’m just gonna assume the pedos all mass-reported my account for God knows what. Any and all appeals I’ve mad since then received no response.
I still stuck around for a few months after that, [that whole deal happened back in May of 2025.] but the extreme leftist political dooming invading every corner of the website I used made it absolutely miserable to use.
Tonight, I finally put my foot down and said, “I quit!” I discovered this website and made an account here. I guess you can use this post to welcome me to the Fediverse.
If workers control the state, why must workers be prevented from organising independently?
Because those independent organizations can have interests opposed to the rest of society. Outside forces, historically the CIA, then amplify the influence of members who support such actions via money, media presence, and “international” support.
If independent unions are a threat, then the state doesn’t fully represent workers.
The interests of different groups of workers can be diametrically opposed, or literally opposed to the interests of every other group.
But there’s no opposition here, there isn’t allowed to be.
That’s why independent unions are important, so they can represent the diverse interests of workers.
They are represented, in government. We’re going in circles here.
It is a cyclical argument we’re having, yes.
That’s why it’s important to have some introspection. What pathway exists for workers to collectively oppose a state decision that harms them?
Like, look at these examples of China and the ACFTU oppressing and dissolving independent unions, arresting striking workers and arresting labour rights activists.
Workers in the JASIC factory formed a union with the assistance of left-wing students and Maoist, feminist and socialist activists. The Chinese government responded with mass arrests, raids and censorship.
Coal Miners protested against the Longmei Group, a state-owned enterprise (meaning the Chinese government owns it), for not paying wages. The organisers were arrested in their homes, and wanted photos were released of the striking miners.
Members of the Guangdong Panyu Migrant Worker Centre, which is an organisation that advocates for labour rights for workers, both migrant and domestic, were all arrested and had their houses raided.
Same with a union, talk to your representative. Failing that, complain about your rep to the guys above them.
But that relies entirely on the authority deciding to act against itself. You’re turning a workers’ union into a bureaucratic, administrative process. You’re removing the workers’ collective bargaining power and independence and turning it into an administrative grievance channel, that’s consultative, not a sharing of power.
If what you describe is actually the pathway, there wouldn’t be the need for these strikes and arrests.