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I think there’s a lot of self selection going on. Most people who migrated here did it based on principles (or a persecution complex), so of course they will have lots of political opinions, often extreme. Frankly, it’s getting a little tiring seeing it everywhere. Even on gaming subs it seems like every other post results in a discussion about the evils of capitalism.

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misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Even on gaming subs it seems like every other post results in a discussion about the evils of capitalism.

I think it depends on community, I avoid all .ml ones for that reason. Don’t get me wrong, I could go on about evils of capitalism for hours if prompted but the real issue is that most of the user base is 13 years old either in their actual age or mentally so you’re seeing same performative cynicism over and over again. I’m also getting a feeling that over last couple of months it got much worse.

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- GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’ve been really pleased with the feddit.uk community so far. It probably helps that a lot of us are geographically similar.
  
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  - misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s the common spaces / topic-based communities that are mostly affected by this.
    
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Graphy@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yeah I’m always glad that certain communities are thriving on here but they tend to bleed over into every single thread.

I find it most annoying when someone’s just casually venting and someone else comes in swinging. I get that it’s especially hard on the internet to tell if someone’s venting or looking for solutions.

Like at this point I think it’s safe to say everyone on Lemmy has seen the same pro Linux, fuck cars, and fuck capitalism posts a million times. I think we do without one post dogpiling on some poor dude if they’re like “man traffic sucked the big one today!”

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- Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  So I don’t agree with fuck cars much. I do see their point and it’s valid but it doesn’t represent my views.
  
  Am I gonna go on their sub and just argue? No. So you won’t notice me since I won’t be vocal about my opposing viewpoints.
  
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Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I agree, the issue isn’t that people here have the wrong political ideas, it’s that most post get pretty political.

Imo it’s best to keep those stuff on the political communities so people who are not in the mood at the moment can get a break.

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