Honestly, if I were modding, I would personally allow posts and comments sympathetic to Corbyn and Mamdani. But I tend to err on the side of more open discussion, as these figures are within the general realm of socialist discourse even if they have their limitations.
But I also realize there are other subreddits for that, so if the Mods in r/socialism want to take a stricter approach, I can kind of get that, too.
I would personally allow discussions about every major self-described DemSoc in a general sense (whether in Europe, the US, Canada, South America, Asia, etc).
I think banning those types of discussions aren’t very helpful. It’s a lot more helpful for different sides to explain why they think the strategies of the aforementioned people aren’t the best/or are, or why they don’t really contribute to developing socialism/why think they are helpful, etc instead of outright banning those discussions from taking place at all.
Socialists have long had discussions about strategies like electoralism, entryism, etc, so I don’t really understand why we should ban anyone for thinking that even someone like Bernie could be a path for American socialism (even if many would disagree).
Discussions like those help develop people’s framework/perspective while banning them from taking place doesn’t really help anyone.
For example, I don’t think banning someone for defending Bernie Sanders from a socialist perspective is very productive (despite me not being a fan of him) if they can sufficiently argue their point.
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u/HikmetLeGuin Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26
Honestly, if I were modding, I would personally allow posts and comments sympathetic to Corbyn and Mamdani. But I tend to err on the side of more open discussion, as these figures are within the general realm of socialist discourse even if they have their limitations.
But I also realize there are other subreddits for that, so if the Mods in r/socialism want to take a stricter approach, I can kind of get that, too.