• Apepollo11@lemmy.world
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    Lemmy was released as an open-source fediverse alternative to Reddit.

    Just over a year after launch, r/ChapoTrapHouse, moved across after being banned from Reddit. This is likely what you’re referring to. It had well over 100,000 active users on Reddit, so represented a sudden sizable influx of users.

    I’d wager the biggest influx of people by far, though, occurred when Spez upset a majority of mods and many users by banning third party apps.

    People looked for an alternative, and Lemmy was it.

    But why are so many people who lean left politically? Because the Venn Diagram for “people who like the idea of a decentralised platform that supports everybody and is free from the machinations of millionaires”, and “people who would like society that supports everybody and is free from the machinations of millionaires” is nearly a circle.

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      That’s what I thought as well. No ads. No one tracking you. No one profiting off your data. Sounds like leftist ideals to me. Freedom from corporate bullshit.

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      decentralised platform that supports everybody and is free from the machinations of millionaires

      Hum… Isn’t that part of the “Freedooomm!!!” dreams that comes bundled with minimum state and individual empowerment? I’m pretty sure it is.

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    No, I hate the term as it’s usually used as a pejorative and is so reductive as to be essentially meaningless. I’m a democratic socialist.

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      That’s a leftist. You’re a leftist, buddy.

      I relate a bit, though. I think it’s cringe when socialists call each other “comrade”.

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        Is a communist the same as a progressive? A democratic socialist the same as an anarchist? Call me what you want but like I said, it’s reductive and meaningless.

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    Not everyone. But it’s definitely very overrepresented here, including some large communities of extremists that I don’t typically see elsewhere.

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    Lemmy definitely has a super majority of people who are politically left. Lemmy also has a very large amount of extremely politically left people. I am not sure why this is the case.

    However, not every Lemmy user is politically left.

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      Because most intelligent people understand and feel empathy and compassion. And most nerds know what it feels like to be bullied and marginalized.

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    I don’t know. I’m mildly left by normal standards, a Nazi by Lemmy standards and a communist by conservative standards.

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    (I’m not though, but we’re definitely a downtrodden, highly abused and much ridiculed minority in these parts)

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    Nope, but the dangerous ideologies are the norm here. It was quite shocking after switching from reddit.