I guess that this 50501 movement has somehow gained some recent popularity from somewhere, but the sheer volume of content, communities, and even instances seems weird.
Where did this all come from and why did it seem to come as a sudden flood?
I guess that this 50501 movement has somehow gained some recent popularity from somewhere, but the sheer volume of content, communities, and even instances seems weird.
Where did this all come from and why did it seem to come as a sudden flood?
Someone on Lemmy said they’re a thinly disguised front for neoliberals, or libertarians, or something. I didn’t look into it.
It seems to be more than a flash in the pan, though, so I should probably figure out what they’re about.
Edit see below, they weren’t claiming 50501 were associated with Nazis.
“Someone on Lemmy” is probably someone who thinks anyone who doesn’t use the right Marxist buzzwords is a CIA plant.
Yeah, I am only peripherally curious about them, so I haven’t yet done any legwork to see who’s behind it and what the values are.
I’m quite pragmatic about politics: I’d work with just about anyone to bring income disparity down, to fix problems with our version of capitalism, to address the Police Problem. Anyone who agrees we need to overhaul the election system in the US, and bring in proportional representation, RCV, eliminate the electoral college? I’d share a table with them on those efforts.
However, I feel as if joining a movement requires a bit of a deeper dive, as sympathetic issues can mask undesirable long term objectives. I don’t trust my gut instinct on these things.
Can you provide a source for that? As far as I’m aware its a movement protesting Trump and Musk’s purported election fraud and fascistic policies. Like almosy basically the opposite of what you’re throwing out there
No. Well, I can link to the comment of the person who said they were Nazis:
https://midwest.social/post/23294043/15477656
Although, re-reading the thread, I’m no longer sure what @chakravanti@monero.town was saying. It looks like he may have been saying 50501 was protesting Nazis? I probably misinterpreted them. They gave no evidence, either way.
Thanks for clarifying, probably best to double check as a practice. Misinfo abounds fr. Might be nice to edit parenr comment or at least ~ ~ cross it out to update
Why? I didn’t say that they were , only that someone in Lemmy has told me they were. I’m still not due they didn’t. I explicitly said I had no idea. And I posted the link to the comment in question, so there’s no doubt that they exchange actually happened.
I’m not taking a position on 50501 until I know more.