• Mango@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    There isn’t a non political community here. Every mod of every community makes sure of it.

  • simple@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Not unpopular. Lemmy politics is a garbage dump, the entire platform was created as a safe haven for commies and we’re still reeling from it, with many users (especially from .ml) sharing biased news and “memes” that are nothing but propaganda and DAE AMERICA BAD???

    Having political takes isn’t necessarily a bad thing but when your entire personality is “capitalism is bad” then you’re an insufferable twat ruining the platform for everybody else

    • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.gg
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      Having political takes isn’t necessarily a bad thing but when your entire personality is “capitalism is bad” then you’re an insufferable twat ruining the platform for everybody else.

      Man that resonates…

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What the hell is left to browse after that?

    Lemmy is small enough as it is.

    I don’t disagree as such but, eh.

  • JeezNutz@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Absolutely, thank God I don’t live in America cause the politics seem crazy over there.

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      As an American, I agree. The common joke is that we’re living on the worst time line (a Community reference).

    • Kalkaline @leminal.space
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      2 days ago

      It’s the world’s most powerful military and largest economy, unfortunately for the rest of the world, we’re fucking nuts too.

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        2 days ago

        Hey, don’t sell us short! We also tend to be ignorant and uneducated.

    • iii@mander.xyz
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      2 days ago

      First past the post inevitably converges to a 2 party system, with all the frustrations that brings.

      You see it as well in UK, Hungary, Turkey, …

      Be carefull whenever someone suggests: the prime minister/president/… should come from the biggest party. It can take a few election cycles, but it ends up with a 2 party system, as that’s the dominant strategy.

    • Mojave@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I wish Lemmy was more entertaining, and not just a million Linux articles wearing a trenchcoat

    • Randomgal@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Came to say this. Yeah. Echo chambers feel good, but they are trash-tier entertainment, like drugs.

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      1 day ago

      I like that connect let’s you block an instance and then has comments from users of said instance overwritten with a spoiler-type tag. That way you can decide to read those comments or not (I sometimes open them in non political threads).

  • P34C0CK@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Filtering out words in posts has worked well for me. I can still get news/politics in small doses without 90% of the noise

  • Alice@hilariouschaos.com
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    2 days ago

    For me, there’s so many undesired communities and political communities that it’s easier to just pick the communities that I like subscribe to them instead of blocking everything else. There’s too much to block

  • mlg@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Even if you want that stuff, you get a much better perspective in World News and News communities.

    Politics and PoliticalMemes is just a bunch of redditors who aren’t used to being in a non echo chamber social media platform.

  • RangerJosie@lemmy.world
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    Picked the right sub for a shit take.

    Have your much deserved upvote. For your bad opinion being in the correct location.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    No, Lemmy is better when you block all gaming, Linux, and anime

    Edit: guess it’s an unpopular opinion, yay!