I've pointed a couple folks to Lemmy.world and it's uhhh, pretty hard Left for them (as one girl, who volunteered for the Democrats said "I just got yelled at because I can't be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.") We're much farther Left than reddit which itself was definitely Left of centre...

I don't know if decentralized open source social media actually attracts many mainstreamers but assuming we want to grow the fediverse, I'd like to have somewhere I can point people to without feeling very nervous for them.

Thanks!

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[–] thoro@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

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?

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Imagine that, someone using words as most people use them! Wild!

Like, do you write to all newspapers when they talk about the Left Right divide and complain that the Dems aren't Left because they don't want to destroy capitalism?

What a weird existence you must have, almost all popular discourse just goes right over your head or what?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Your last point is what really resonates with me. I'll take Marxist-Lenninists all day over stupid right wingers who created this whole fucking mess. At the very least, the former read books. The latter only know how to kiss ass.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Im not sure all the Marxist read books but theor heart tends to be in a better place

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Hey you're doing the thing

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

what thing?

[–] bilb@lem.monster 4 points 6 hours ago

Good