There is a vocal segment of Lemmy that can ONLY frame the world through the lens of class warfare and nothing else. That’s why they hijack every topic and thread with the same rhetoric. They have no plan, guidance or recommendations on what to do. They are only here to inform us about the ills of capitalism as if the collective psyche woke up yesterday and forgot all of history. They are so enlightened and privileged that they can’t help themselves in their need to share this valuable knowledge with everyone else. Capitalism bad. That’s it. Then they scuttle off to the next thread and start over. That’s the extent of “the Revolution”.
Yes god thank you.
I thought I was going crazy, every single thread that’s even remotely (very remotely) connected to politics is full of this.
I’m seriously worried for the platform, because this shit is going to turn people off hard.
Even saw someone suggesting an assassination of a supreme court justice AND PEOPLE WERE FUCKING DEFENDING IT. The mods removed the comment luckily, but I still managed to get like 30 downvotes on a “don’t suggest assassinations, be better than them” comment, just check my history.
We’re becoming fucking Truth Social or Parler or whatever of the left.
I feel like it’s too late for Lemmy. The echo chamber is already pretty strong. I hope I’m wrong.
the flagship instance is lemmy.ml
the software is made by tankies.
did you think this place was politically neutral? the whole fediverse is a fuck you to the status quo.
I’m trying to break through the echo chamber whenever I come across it, but it’s a thankless endeavor, and I’m pretty close to giving up.
I mean, I don’t advocate political assassinations, but I also recognize that the SC really doesn’t have any avenues for the people to remove a judge other than violence.
A lot of problems would be solved if the people could call votes of no confidence.
Can’t judges be impeached?
Why are you downvoting? Judges can and have been impeached. The comment above implied this wasnt true.
Just as annoying are the “cars are bad” people who crawl out of the woodwork every time a car is mentioned.
I mean, I recommend voting and being active politically and socially, but there’s always people who hate discussing politics at all and just want to live in their middle class bubble thats keeps on shrinking.
But, sorry that people point out negative things in your vicinity, it must really suck when you’re taken out of your self-imposed apolitical safe zone.
What a stupid retort. Are you 12? “Being active politically and socially” whatever the fuck that means.
I’m 38 and I moved to the US from eastern Europe. You know nothing about the life or hardship I endured under communist dictatorship.
I welcome talking about difficult topics. Let’s do that. But let’s also not kid ourselves the vast majority of you guys are not interested in having those “difficult conversations” and are only here for the brownie internet points. You want to have the adult conversation? Let’s skip the moral grandstanding about capitalism and go straight to actionable items beyond being “politically and socially active”.
