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Lemmy is not ideologically diverse. Thoughts? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Owell1984@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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edit: having a community dedicated to letists only can be a bad idea in that it can make sure your beliefs are not questioned. I have thought myself as a socialist and I have thought myself as a anarcho-capitalist, I don’t believe in either anymore. I think if radical views go unchecked they might cause problems. Although I am a capitalist now, being confronted by socialists has made me aware of capitalisms deep flaws. When I considered myself a communist (17 year old me) I thought opposing views really changed my mind. So that's the ideologically diversity I am talking about.

I love the outlook of lemmy, I think the design is decent and simplistic. But one thing I can't seem to get over is the fact that almost everyone here seem to think the same politically. Why do you guys think this is?? I know this is a community of leftists foss enthusiasts but I hope everyone here is aware that it is driving many people away from adapting it.

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[–] j_ming@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

also, this has been broufht up b4 and is getting a rather dull

[–] j_ming@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

admin mark this as duplicate and close it

[+] morrowind@lemmy.ml -6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't solve a problem by ignoring it.

[–] American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

everyone being a communist or anarchist is not a problem

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Being in a bubble is a problem. It's how you get things like QAnon. It's also how you get extremely out of touch with the rest of society.

[–] southerntofu@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You mean when you have "leftists" doing free-labor propaganda for one of the wealthiest imperialist leaders on Earth (Putin)? :D

i don't really like this bubble theory. It's important to have a comfort zone where you can express yourself freely, and that's incompatible with a fully open-door policy (no moderation). In the global north, people complaining about filter bubbles are really complaining about people escaping from the majority view, which is a feature not a bug.

But i agree with you that some places to meet/debate is very good. Nobody was born anarchist or queer, and only through debate and praxis can we evolve to become better versions of ourselves. Hell, i've met some right-wingers in my life who were much more left-wing than some communists (i said some)..

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I would agree that having a comfortable space is healthy, especially for minority opinions. The problem comes when people mostly or entirely stay in an extremist minority space. They become highly separated from the mainstream, but then wonder why their ideas that everyone around them agrees with aren't being put into practice. We saw this with people who couldn't believe that Biden won because everyone around them supported Trump.