Meanwhile, most everyone I’ve known who is leftist wants the government to disarm them, claims to be pro-LGBT but blindly supports any Muslim country and blindly hates Israel, and thinks Joe Biden is the “greatest president EVAR”.

I don't think you know many leftists...

"Am I just in a weird bubble where 95% of the people in my life are politically and philosophically dipshits?"

Yes. You are absolutely in the wrong places talking to the wrong people. It sounds like it is rubbing off on you.

American here.

Uhhh....I'm not really sure who you're talking to on the American left about Joe Biden, but few people really like him as a president, despite his effectiveness.

Also, do you understand why 95% of the people in your life believe what they do? It's easy to call people stupid when you don't understand where they're coming from.

Friend, based on your comment history this just feels like a bait post so you can vigorously defend Israel some more.

I think you're in a bubble of right wing idiots unfortunately (though the Republicans I know have be emboldened since Trump and are finally being who they truly are). I have a lot of those types where I'm from and some that I work with, but the majority of us are fed up with the bullshit of our government and want to see it changed (especially among the millennial and gen z crowd). Unfortunately the older generations are in power and doing whatever they want, so we're having to deal with the bullshit that the very vocal minority want as opposed to what the majority does.

America is dog shit right now and I couldn't be less proud of this country, but look at the past presodential election, the majority voted left, despite that our broken government is getting further right anyway.

First off, I don’t base my views on “what Americans are like” with what people post online.

... Meanwhile, most everyone I’ve known who is leftist wants the government to disarm them, claims to be pro-LGBT but blindly supports any Muslim country and blindly hates Israel, and thinks Joe Biden is the “greatest president EVAR”.

These two statements are contradictory. No one in the world has ever thought biden is the greatest president ever, least of all leftists.

The only place you hear people saying biden is the best are right wing lunatics on the internet who think that's what left wingers would believe.

It really very strongly sounds like you've just been talking to right wing cranks online.

Yep captain, every Arab person in Gaza is a zealous transphobe that will go around and lynch all LGBTQIA people, not a racist sentiment at all /s

Fuck off with your Israeli genocidal propaganda

Yes the country is very divided because both sides have moved further from the center. I blame MSM and social media for this.

Ashamed American here. The "center" has been shifting right for decades now. Since before my birth, gaining momentum in the Nixon administration with the advent of work sponsored healthcare.

PAC money has driven politicians to make decisions based on their donors and not the will of the people. This creates a legal bribery system. And as the oft mis-attributed quote goes, "fascism is the marriage of corporations and state."

The average person is too consumed by making ends meet and trying to find a modicum of substance at the end of the day to be bothered by politics. The others are distracted by the clown show our politicians put on for us.

Only the super wealthy can affect change. https://www.vox.com/2014/4/18/5624310/martin-gilens-testing-theories-of-american-politics-explained

The two party political system and the Electoral College (the representative voting body) ensure this stays in place and that third party votes will only cause one of the main candidates to lose.

I am highly left here. In Europe, I'd probably be considered center-left with a focus on humanitarianism. I consider myself a secular humanist. With that, I stand with the people above all else before party, religion, or heritage. Humans first, then arbitrary affiliations.

My theory is micro-plastics have been really starting to effect people. The amount of plastic we are all ingesting is scary.

Not sure who you’re talking to and interacting with. Had to move from Seattle to the middle of Oklahoma last year for work and none of what you describe is the norm here, meanwhile Seattle is a whooooooole different animal.

Both sides are full of horseshit, Democrats, aka Republican-lite, have less of it. That's the way I vote because that's the best I can do :(

Huh, it's been awhile since a post like this, forgot I didn't have anything in the sidebar/pinned post directing them to a more appropriate community.

This reads as more like venting, for which there's !vent@lemmy.world. If you'd like to start a discussion related to politics here, like how political polarization seems to be affecting people, that's okay, but this veers a ways off from that imo.

That lack of nuance you accuse everyone of... maybe check if that applies to you too.

I’m not sure I know a single person who sounds like what you’re describing. These seem like caricatures.

Depends on the part of America. At least in MN, most people are generally center. The "loud" ones are the extremists/on polar sides

Your experiences are broadly in line with my experiences as well. The various camps have moved quite far away from each other and there is a huge pressure toward hating whatever the other guy likes, even if the other guy has ideas that align with your goals.