I’ve been using Lemmy for a while now, and I’ve noticed something that I was hoping to potentially discuss with the community.
As a leftist myself (communist), I generally enjoy the content and discussions on Lemmy.
However, I’ve been wondering if we might be facing an issue with ideological diversity.
From my observations:
- Most Lemmy Instances, news articles, posts, comments, etc. seem to come from a distinctly leftist perspective.
- There appears to be a lack of “centrist”, non-political, or right-wing voices (and I don’t mean extreme MAGA-type views, but rather more moderate conservative positions).
- Discussions often feel like they’re happening within an ideological bubble.
My questions to the community are:
- Have others noticed this trend?
- Do you think Lemmy is at risk of becoming an echo chamber for leftist views, a sort of Truth Social, Parler, Gab, etc., esque platform, but for Leftists?
- Is this a problem we should be concerned about, or is it a natural result of Lemmy’s community-driven nature?
- How might we encourage more diverse political perspectives while still maintaining a respectful and inclusive environment?
- What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of having a more politically diverse user base on Lemmy?
As much as I align with many of the views expressed here, I wonder if we’re missing out on valuable dialogue and perspective by not having a more diverse range of political opinions represented.
I’m genuinely curious to hear your thoughts on this.
Give me an example where a small group of mostly men or all men don’t control the country
Some countries are better than others, sexism is a global issue.
Classism and patriarchy are similar but distinct issues.
So which country doesn’t operate with them at the core of the regime?
Socialist countries are working towards the end of classes, like Cuba, the PRC, etc.
Cuba is about to collapse due to US blockade despite this there is still a ruling class but yeah sure everyone else is essentially poverty class.
Chinese society historically has very strong class divisions and it is still true today. What makes you say they are working to end class? over last 40 years they created a rather large oligarch class along with professional managerial class which is ptetty much the same class structure the “west” has only difference from the west is that their ultimate authority is the Communist party vs western regime where oligarch clans call the shots depending on who got better access to the regime regimes whote in executive and legislative branches.
My point being is that we have yet to see an example of a classless society or if it is even feasible.
Cuba is in a rough patch right now, but it isn’t about to collapse, and the ruling class is the working people.
As for the PRC, they have a Dictatorship of the Proletariat, and have been working through Socialism. I think you have a different idea of what a class is, I am working off of the Marxist definitions and things like “oligarch class” aren’t a thing, same with “manager class.”
Classless society only existed in tribal society, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get to a fully collectivized global economy and eliminate classes.
Well thats a hot take that ignores how things actually work in order to fit into “Marxist” narrative.
Marx is foundational text but it is also a old AF and doesn’t address complexity of modern regime power structure IMHO.