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I'm a socialist, mostly found this place thanks to word of mouth. Unfortunately users are turning more moderate every day. It's a strange place
With every bonkers reddit/twitter move we get new waves of milquetoast liberals.
I just wish someone would tap the sign of "no, claiming Harris is the answer to all our problems on ml instances won't go well." So tired of threads from .world types crying oppression when they're banned for screeching hate at people but cheer when .world mods kick us for posting a source or some other mundane bullshit.
Really think your thought process here is gonna get complicated as more people come in. Conflating instances/communities and admin/mods is just really pushing these "groupthink" mentalities, which is just there to distract and argue about (instead of the context of the discussion, much like nationality and race is used!). I just find it extremely weird when people start using "they" and "us" terminology on here, like it's a server connection address protocol and you're using it to categorize people into ideologies and personalities/etc. If you start getting a bunch of right-wing hate-mail from proton e-mail addresses, you don't automatically assume everyone on proton is gonna be right-wing. Probably more weary when that address domain pops into your inbox, but that's just a learned response from your unique experience (which can lessen with time if you allow it).