Right? It’s such a US way of thinking to assume the entire world needs to hear about your issues.

You don't really get that by banning a topic, but rather by fostering a culture where that sort of thing is frowned upon.

"Political Memes" is extremely vague. I opened the community, and this was the 3rd meme that came up. Just to show you that it doesn't take much to find an example that really blurs the line of what would be a political meme and what isn't.

But but... landlord bad? capitalism also bad??

I hope it was one of those poops where you felt lighter afterwards, and that wiping afterwards wasn't an ordeal

You better have a bidet, since it reduces paper consumption which is better for the environment.

Fuck I did the thing

I work in the government and let me tell you: Yes

I mean, depending on how much you value privacy and the virtues of FOSS…maybe not directly political, but I’m sure some correlations could be made.

Especially Linux distro! Now, give me a pulseaudio snap package for my Unity desktop.

ducks and covers head

According to Lemmy that's the most important political decision there is.

Seriously, OP is straw-manning. There's not this much politics on other sites. Lemmy has a ton of tankies so everything is about communism here

That same dad when I happen to mention my trans friend in passing because it's my friend:

three hour rant about me being men and testicles are a thing for a reason and this mother fucker is destroying America

Y'all "let's not politic" folk politic ALL the time, you just think you can "nuh uh" to pick and choose what qualifies.

some would even consider it not only annoying, but spamming as well

Alabama inmate opposes being ‘test subject’ for new nitrogen execution method

I exist in several categories of people who’s right to exist have been threatened many, many times throughout history, I agree that everything is political, or rather, that politics encompasses everything.

However, not every discussion should become politically oriented, as it’s not particularly the most productive in many cases. This is most prominent on the internet, where nuance, which is ESSENTIAL for productive political discourse, is often absent. I find much political discussion. This is especially true in dialogues where it is either discussed on a broad scale, or where it is discussed in a reactionary manner. When my answers to political topics are so often “it depends”, this stuff tends to be quite straining, especially when my attempts to create dialogue are shot down.

In short “not everything is political” exists because you’re either detailing a discussion to talk about how horrible everything is, or you’re on the internet and internet politics just suck.

Memes help share ideas and they reflect the zeitgeist. You can see the pattern if you're older and experienced the birth of internet memes and over time they became more depressing, surreal, and self deprecating, reflecting the current socio-economic situation of many. During 2020 - 2023, the memes were quite surreal and making commentary about one in a life time events happening many times, shits on fire, economic inequity and more. Millenials and zoomers are depressed they can't afford a house.

Now imagine you are someone who has a masters degree and can't find a decent paying job because the marking is fucked. You want to purchase a house and you just can't. You now see a meme reflecting those ideas and you feel a form of solidarity. You get emboldened by those ideas.

I think, the current wave of unionization and striking partly contributed by these memes. They shared a spotlight on the inequities of the world and got people worked up. You can also see the "power" of the Dark Brandon memes, oh, and Donald fucking Trump became a serious candidate and elected because of memes.

Imagine believing that changing the status quo happens out of the blue without civil political discourse.