I feel like all the news subs on Lemmy are slowly turning into a sixth form politics class with all the commie stuff recently. Is anyone here over the age of twenty, lol.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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You should check out [email protected]. Lot fewer tankies being useful idiots there. The magic of the fediverse ๐ช
Thanks for the tip. I'll get subbed. Seems like a lot of these types seem to be coming from a couple of instances.
Lemmy attracts more activists, while Reddit attracts more passive users. This was by design, and if you're unhappy with it then Reddit is still freely available.
Are you really surprised that activists aren't happy with the West?
I'm not particularly happy with it, but I don't loathe it. There's a difference between being unhappy with your own country and holding water for dodgy places like China and Russia.
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I've noticed it's certain users pushing this and it's not even pro-communism it's just pro-Chinese propaganda. They're not trying to elevate people's state of living, rather just pushing interests that benefit the Chinese government.
Yup. Communism might be a viable thing and can be discussed neutrally but pro-China is just muddying the waters. They're pseudofascism
pro-Chinese propaganda
That's really what it is. There's no balanced discussion. Just rabid nationalism and xenophobia that clearly breaks the rules. But because it's directed at the West, it gets a pass, I guess?
Theres on particular one who seems to be spamming all news subs. I called them out the other day and got dogpiled by people on their instance so I assume that's their bag over there.
OP is an angry tankie who, to their credit, surfaces topics. Any of us can, few of us do.
Until and unless a more diverse set of people surface news/topics, we'll have the status quo.
lemmy.ml was started by tankies and lots of tankie post here. Other servers are not simply Chinese propaganda.
I think the fact that there is a variety of opinions being posted, compared to the censorship I witnessed on Reddit, is the more mature situation. If anyone is being childish, it's those who feel the need to censor opposing ideologies. Feeling free to post and discuss differing views has a lot of value. I am assuming by your use of "commie" that you'd rather dismiss an entire ideology and group of supporters outright rather than on any real grounds.
What opinions and ideologies are you referring to exactly? What discussions are you referring to?
This person is simply pushing the interests of the Chinese government and only replies insults and bad faith arguments when you try to engage in "discussion" or comment "opposing ideologies." They're not advocating for communism, they're advocating for their specific government to control more. Pretty laughable especially in the context of censorship considering China monitors their entire nation's internet traffic and censors everything that isn't pro-China.
OP is an angry tankie who, to their credit, surfaces topics. Any of us can, few of us do.
Until and unless a more diverse set of people surface news/topics, we'll have the status quo.
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The problem is that there's a huge divide between people that see this and people that are mainly interested in their own profit that now even turn to right wing politicians when you even suggest that they should change their lifestyle as it's not sustainable
The world is truly fucked because we created too many people that are too focussed on themselves to consider stepping down for others...
That will never happen. We created capitalism and globalism. The genie is out of the box and it's not going back in... not until the planet is destoryed. Just try to enjoy what we have while it lasts.
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