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Spez has taken to suppress progressive views in Reddit such as banning even any discussion of violence in order to make his platform more attractive to mainstream hobbyists... and shareholders. That's why here you have more political discussions and leftist viewpoints, many from ex-Redditors who were kicked out just because they wanted to punch Nazis.
I do get that, and with the .ML group starting this platform, of course there are a lot of kinds of leftist people here. In a way I enjoy it, even if I don't agree with a number of people's views. Spending time here has really made me confused as to what descriptor I could put on my general set of political beliefs.
The part that frustrates me is all posts are either every comment just says the same thing (ie. This person sucks, may some disaster fall upon them.) or it turns into people bickering about who is the best type of leftist. So I get people complaints about either "group think" or that everyone is just fighting each other in every thread like how communists and anarchists seem to have done for the past century.
I don't see much education, discussion/debate, or anyone organizing or promoting direct action like I'd hope. I'm not a real fan of the ML philosophy, but someone like cowbee I see share a ton of reading material and educational stuff for their belief system is what I'd personally like to see more of from folks like the anarchists and dem socialists. I'd like to see people share stories from programs they're involved in. I'd love to learn more about stuff like Food Not Bombs or how people are trying to unionize, not from news articles, but by the people here on Lemmy.
Being here got me to take action helping the wildlife in my community, and I'd like to hear about other people actually becoming forces of change. If all of us just stay behind a screen arguing with each other, what is the point of that? You guys have to be up to some good stuff, and I want to see it and be inspired. I got near infinite mainstream news sites if I want to be annoyed and worked up, but I'm here.
Yeah, but by ceding that we let this fall to being only a place for such things. If there's nothing to draw people who are anything other than actively seeking these topics we wind up in an isolation chamber of radicalization and not really convincing anyone who doesn't already agree with us.