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The original post on lemmy.ml by the creator of Lemmy had a lot more details, so maybe just link to that one?
https://lemmy.ml/post/29579005
Tldr: They are down to about 1000 dollars per developer and will have to take jobs and stop Lemmy development if they dont get 2500 dollars per developer.
They'll get more money if they shut down lemmy.ml
Tbh, of all the tankie triad, .ml is the chillest, and my own experience is that, unlike the Nazis, they generally don't cause issues off server. Now, if you wander into Hexbear and spout some mainstream view, well, good luck, partner, but it's their server. Besides, I sometimes ask myself what the CIA would do and try to do the opposite for the sake of all mankind. It doesn't really bother me that they run .ml.
Do not discard imperfect allies.
I do not agree with their political view etc. but I can see that the development of Lemmy is a net positive.
Shutting down .ml won't save them much money, it doesn't cost much to run a instance, developing software instead of having a tech job on the other hand...
People will be more willing to give them money if they shut down lemmy.ml
I'm sure people would also be more willing to give money of they were Vegan.
By being overly critical of our allies we damage our movement.
Drag hopes their financial system becomes desperate enough, and enough people say it's about lemmy.ml, that they realise they have little choice but to take lemmy.ml offline. If that happened, they would still be able to develop for Lemmy full time, and the tankie nonsense would be gone. Everyone wins.
If they would rather get jobs and stop working on Lemmy than take lemmy.ml offline, then drag's none too pleased with their priorities and is comfortable enough with seeing them go. Someone will fork the software and keep working on it.
No. Communism has existed in the Americas and Australia for thousands of years. But the lemmy.ml mods won't admit it. They think communism has never succeeded.
They claim to be orthodox Marxist, but they deny that and many other things Marx said. Like that the revolution must be worldwide. Stalin created the idea of "communism in one country" as part of his "Marxism-Leninism", which doesn't have much to do with Marx or Lenin. They get all their opinions on Marx and Lenin from Stalin, who was co-opting their images to promote himself while betraying their ideals.