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thenomeeer wrote

Does anyone remember how much the original sub was growing before it got quarantined? Hell, it was even gaining subs while quarantined

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PringlesCaliphate wrote

That's what bothers me the most, it was a proper catch all sub for leftists on reddit. It was nice and presentable enough to bring in people who just like bernie and aoc, while also being a good place for MLs and anarchists to post more radical stuff. It seemed like a decent radicalizing force, despite being on reddit.

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koolaidooze wrote

i can personally attest to this, i discovered chapo in 2017 and stayed because i thought the shitposts were funny even though i was a lib and i thought some of it went too far, and now i'm a communist

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ziq wrote

that's exactly why they had to ban it

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twointhepinkerton wrote

Almost as if part of the reason it was shut down to appease the cryptofascist "classical liberals" with which the site is so well-stocked.

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