… wow. On the one hand, this is quite heavily downvoted (by several lemmy.ml users too), so that’s something. On the other hand, it is a little concerning that multiple admins of lemmy.ml are among the upvoters on that post (yea yea I looked at the votes, let’s not pretend they’re private when they aren’t).

Also, check some of the removed comments (you can see them in the modlog). Like this comment that said this:

There is a massive difference between liking a concept or the implementation of that concept. Communism is an utopia, socialism is seen as the way to get there. Socialism did not proof to be viable in reality, with dictators claiming to set up communist states, while not setting up working socialist societies. The thing is that implementing such a society includes a massive restructuring of government and ownership of goods. Those measures have a very strong tendency to dissolve in civil wars and dictatorships. It is of course an option to label anyone who doesn’t want to give up resources an enemy of the class / state and imprison and torture them, but it does not create a stable society in which people actually choose to live, if they can decide on that. Shit is complex.

This was removed with the reason “Rule 1, 2”, which presumably refers to the “no bigotry” and “Be respectful, especially when disagreeing” site-wide rules on lemmy.ml. I mean, you can certainly disagree with the comment if you want, but it doesn’t contain any bigotry or disrespect if you ask me. This feels like political censoring on the part of the lemmy.ml admins. Not a great look.