thoro @ thoro @lemmy.ml

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No one is going to change the world by posting. Very few people have the time or energy to discuss or debate every day. I'd rather just not deal with an entire host of opinions and takes that I already deal with every day in real life.

What I've learned over my time using sites like Digg and Reddit is that allowing conservative views to fester and form their communities on a platform allows them to organize and grow and seep into other "non political" spaces. The Donald, gamergate, transphobia, general reaction, whatever.

And the "anti-politics" enlightened centrist types are enablers that allow this.

If people come here and go "wow they sure are critical of Israel, America, Trump, and billionaires. I hate this", then they're self selecting themselves from joining and I just don't think that's a loss.

The measurement of a platform to me is the quality of the users, not the quantity.

Lol @ "who volunteered for the Democrats". Ain't that a microcosm of every American politico (especially Democrats) ignorant of actual political theory.

Imagine getting upset that someone accurately described "leftism" to you. I can only imagine it's major cognitive dissonance after a lifetime of consuming mainstream political media calling liberalism "leftist" and pushing the overton window right.

Lemmy.world already is the "normie" instance catering to liberalism. Your friend either ran into the more progressive parts of that instance or an actual leftist from a federated one. Either way, they got told an accurate take.

Anyway, can we please stop all the attempts to make this place comfortable for conservative and right wing views in the name of "growth"? Have y'all actually been on a default subreddit in the last 15 years? Would that be worth it here?

Sounds to me more like it's getting worse then, not better.

I don't listen to podcasts often. But I like:

• Citations Needed: a podcast about media. Basically goes into how media covers some events and topics from a leftist perspective.
• Cane and Rinse: video game discussions and analyses. Each episode covers a specific game

I'm sure there are fine people on Reddit who don't know about Lemmy, but your quoted examples consist mostly of certain type of faux-"apolitical" person and that's where the solutioning is stemming from.

I don't think bringing the average default sub Redditor over would be a net positive for the platform.

Sounds like we're filtering out the exact type of people I would never want to come from Reddit. Dunno why y'all want them.

Anarchists discuss basically all of that and aren't right wing

Why don't you first?

If anything is too bad, it's .world being so prominent.

Half this comm's activity is spreading FUD about the platform and being a gathering place for all the people developing their alternatives to huddle and advertise those.

Why would they learn anything? The entire .world instance, Dem Reddit/Twitter, etc. does nothing but run defense for them, tell everyone they need to vote for them no matter what, and browbeat everyone who engages in criticism of the party during every election season, local and national.

What does that possibly have to do with Biden choosing to abuse his clemency powers to spare his failson from the consequences of his actions?

This isn't an act of progressive or socialist will. This is just another example of a two tiered justice system in this country but also fuel for the fascists. I don't see a reason to celebrate this unless you're a Biden.

Democrats, especially the hardcore blue MAGA types, will never duck the "elitist" critiques.

2/3 of this comment section are a bunch of PMC labor aristocrats running defense for millionaires.

Yeah this a real win for the working class and "progressive" politics.

I hope the democrats move hard right next election to target people who actually vote and don’t just sit it out.

Pretty much why y'all lost 2016 and 2024 but go off

Why do you guys pretend to understand the electoral college in one breath and in the other assume every critic of the Democratic party lives in NC, GA, PA, MI, etc.?

My vote would have literally been more wasted voting for Kamala in a deep red state. At least a third party vote could get your party to notice something.

The vast majority of Americans do not live in swing states.

Democrats aren't the problem. Stupid Americans are.

Surely, this messaging is going to help your party from being seen as the out-of-touch party of "coastal elites"

Also, the Democrats are one of the two most powerful capitalist political organizations in the world. They fight and organize for capital, not the working class and definitely not the working class outside the US.

Change your default sort.

They aren't perfect, and as stated elsewhere they are in a period of Dengist based socialism. However, they are extremely successful, very popular within their country from all sources that could be called evidence (especially compared to the US government), and do far less to acquiesce to the billionaires compared to West, seemingly (charging and sentencing billionaires for corruption, cracking down on financiers, etc). I think another user had a good point too about looking at the amount they have per capital.

They are the most successful nation practicing a form of socialism in the modern world and offering an alternative to liberal capitalism.

There's a reason it's called critical support.

Yeah whatever, that's a feature. Reddit became worse once it became a safe place for conservatives and center-right liberals to gather.

Conservative, TheDonald, KiA, red pill, et. all made Reddit worse.

I don't want a second Reddit. Can better avoid eternal September issues if they self select to fuck off

But I guess that's what .world is for.