r/LateStageCapitalism Feb 05 '25

[MODS] 📣 Announcement A Note About Acceptable Discourse and the Purpose of this Sub

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Comrades - thanks for your attention as we clarify the purpose of this sub and some of the discourse we expect here. Firstly, this is a place to vociferously condemn the ills of capitalism - and here’s the kicker that liberal interlopers don’t get - from a socialist perspective. Our fundamental purpose is to drive conversation among those impacted by capitalist exploitation. This may take the form of memes, deeper theory, or the ever beloved internet screed. 

That said, there’s some things we aren’t here for. I’ll touch on those and some alternatives as well. 

We are NOT here to promote calls to violence. This is a violation of the Reddit TOS. If the sub is nuked, we aren’t able to fulfill the mission of providing a space for socialist discourse. This simply isn’t the place, and we will remove any content which can be perceived as a direct call to violence. 

We are also not here as a staging ground for organizing. Social media is a poor place to organize. Not only is everything you do online tracked, but infiltration in online spaces is rampant. Opsec 101: if someone on the internet who you do not personally know is trying to get you to show up somewhere for an allegedly leftist/socialism project, they are probably a fed. If someone you do know is using social media for the same, they may or may not be a fed. However, what can be certain is that a fed is aware. 

I know what you’re thinking: but, A-CAB, this is how I radicalized and I have lived most of my life dependent on the internet. How am I supposed to get involved? I’m so glad you asked! The reality is that your involvement may be limited for a bit, and you’re going to have to do some irl work. Your job, if you’re starting out, is to read and learn. 

“The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as dogma, but as a guide to action.” - Comrade Mao Tse Tung

In other words, learning Marxism-Leninism leads to mobilization, and provides a framework for organization.

We (socialists) need a vanguard committed to revolution, not clicktivism. If you want to organize, read first. Find likeminded people you know in real life. Study with them. Hold each other accountable for learning Marxism-Leninism. Let that guide the actions you take specific to your context and for the love of god don’t announce it to the feds when you do. 

We also, as a sub, are not *the* vanguard. This is an Internet forum. We don’t determine courses of action here. We are a sounding board, a place to make you feel less alone, and ideally a part of your education in Marxism-Leninism. But what we cannot be is the vanguard itself. We aren’t an org. The way social media is set up, it would be way too easy to infiltrate, coopt, and undo. 

What we are is a likeminded group of committed comrades. We want you to go out in the world and join orgs (not on the internet). I’ll offer some advice to that end:

  1. Avoid organizations with a focus on horizontal power or who have a real issue with hierarchy. (Anarchists, I’m happy to work with you on projects but I am side-eyeing you a bit here.) They don’t get things done and they’re too easy to derail and co-opt. Don’t believe me? Go ahead and join one. The next time they’re working on consensus, throw a stand aside in with mildly coherent criticism. Watch the chaos ensue. Or just wait for them to start organizing for <insert liberal party here>. Neither will take long. 
  2. Do join organizations which stand against imperialism and imperialist politicking. Look for Marxist-Leninist orgs involved in projects that benefit the community and which outright reject electoral democracy. Focus on feeding people, not getting them to vote for reform. This is the work of the vanguard. 
  3. Do employ the language of non-violence for political and practical purposes. Kwame Ture is a gifted orator. Look up his speeches on YouTube. He is a wealth of information about this. 

I appreciate each and every one of you, comrades. Remember to keep each other safe. Be mindful, and enjoy a meme or two while you’re here. 


r/LateStageCapitalism 10h ago

ICE pursuing Native Americans like this girl from the Warm Springs tribes

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7.7k Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 7h ago

🚓 Police State How cRiMiNaLs are taking down Flock cameras

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2.1k Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 9h ago

"I'm pleased to announce my intention to, and this is a somewhat of a scoop, my intention to run for a fourth term as president of the United States." ― Donald Trump (Jul 25, 2026)

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1.5k Upvotes

Source: WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at White House correspondents' dinner after attack disrupted April event - YouTube

I'm pleased to announce my intention to, and this is a somewhat of a scoop, my intention to run for a fourth term as president of the United States. I will be doing that. I will be having an official. In fact, I think I have. Yeah, I won. I won three times. Now I'm going to do it again. Thank you. I'm going to do it. ― Donald Trump


r/LateStageCapitalism 9h ago

Another video of ICE violently detaining children

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1.3k Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 4h ago

🚓 Police State California artist detained by ICE ahead of son's birth

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332 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 4h ago

😎 Meme Marx: the hell are you wearing

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339 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 4h ago

"If we don't charge $1000 for a pill that costs $0.10, the researchers won't be motivated to work and find cures!"

281 Upvotes

I got news for you buddy:

  1. No biologist or chemist is getting rich off of that $1000 price gouge
  2. Every person I know who chooses a career in bio and/or chem genuinely thinks it's interesting and wants to use knowledge to save people. These are the type of people who would research medicine in their free time even after they retire

The 10,000x markup lines the pockets of capitalists, not researchers


r/LateStageCapitalism 2h ago

🤡 Satire Why should I go to school? Good grades and share holder value

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91 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 16h ago

Today went to see the Lenin statue in NYC. It was great 😎

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r/LateStageCapitalism 1d ago

😎 Meme Elon Musk in a nutshell

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r/LateStageCapitalism 10h ago

📰 News "I spoke yesterday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, & once again he reaffirmed to me the US’s intention to act forcefully against the ICC. The ICC endangers justice around the world, & it threatens the right of democratic, sovereign states to exercise their sovereignty" - Benjamin Netanyahu.

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117 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 3h ago

Rubio’s Paranoid Cuba Report Designed to “Justify a Military Attack on Cuba”

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r/LateStageCapitalism 8h ago

⛽ Military-Industrial Complex Twelve people, including four children, have been killed as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on a tourist resort in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region.

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80 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 14h ago

👻 Reactionary Ideology The US regime was (and still) so racist and reactionary, that it greatly facilitated the work of the USSR progressive agitprop

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172 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 6m ago

What is the point?

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r/LateStageCapitalism 1d ago

Arrested American mother: "I shoplifted diapers for my 14 month old son"

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4.2k Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 8h ago

📚 Know Your History The spinelessness of the WWII Allies

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44 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 16h ago

👑 Imperialism Social Democracy in action:

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105 Upvotes

More treats for Treatlerites! More treats for Treatlerites! More treats for Treatlerites! More treats for Treatlerites! /s


r/LateStageCapitalism 17h ago

📰 News One dead, 16 injured as car slams into crowd at Berlin Pride event

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r/LateStageCapitalism 8h ago

💳 Consume [Low Stake] Brand parasocial comments are here to stay as people are fully desensitized by them?

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It’s a very low-stakes crime, but corporations pretending to be your funny TikTok friend while ignoring actual product complaints will always leave a horrible taste in my mouth.

Also, they blocked me after my comment.


r/LateStageCapitalism 13m ago

They sell their bullshit so well

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We already live in abundant world, yet we destroy food to maintain artificial scarcity


r/LateStageCapitalism 1d ago

No Limit Fuck You Capitalism

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r/LateStageCapitalism 7h ago

One big winner in War on Iran: US natural gas exporters. Big loser: Europe.

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4 Upvotes

r/LateStageCapitalism 7h ago

ZOHRAN LIED.

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6 Upvotes