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What would you consider your political ideology to be? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm just curious for the new or existing people? Lemmy.ml has taken a hard turn to the right since the reddit exodus. There's been a lot of pro-imperialist propaganda being posted on world news, and a lot less diversity of opinion. It feels more neoliberal and neo-con to me.

Does anyone want to share what their political leanings are?

I'll start; I'm anti-imperialist pro-state regulated capitalism. I believe we should have usage based taxes (toll roads, carbon tax) and luxury taxes, and I disagree with wealth taxes for people with less than $250 million. The state should spend more money on consumer protection in all industries (environment, health, finance, etc.) I believe in multipolarity vs. US hegemony.

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[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

What happened on lemmy.ml? That place is moderated by tankies with their finger on the ban trigger, so I am skeptical if you mean "hard turn to the right" or "normal people calling out the propaganda that my echo chamber used to shield me from."

To answer the question, I'm a radical anarchist, no state, no money, no bosses, no landlords, no compromises.

[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

World News is hosted on Lemmy.ml and since you use the term Tankie I suppose you're biased and may not see the shift in what articles are upvoted the most on that sub.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

(Be kind, not trying to start a flame war) I keep seeing this thrown around, what is a “tankie” and what’s it got to do with that Lemmy instance?

[–] homeomorphism@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Tankie is a pejorative label for communists : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

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