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Is there a "normie" or more mainstream instance for Lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi! In thinking about how to help the fediverse grow, I wonder if there are more mainstream Lemmy instances?

I've pointed a couple folks to Lemmy.world and it's uhhh, pretty hard Left for them (as one girl, who volunteered for the Democrats said "I just got yelled at because I can't be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.") We're much farther Left than reddit which itself was definitely Left of centre...

I don't know if decentralized open source social media actually attracts many mainstreamers but assuming we want to grow the fediverse, I'd like to have somewhere I can point people to without feeling very nervous for them.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Your friend is confused. Leftism is inherently anti-capitalist so she can’t be a leftist unless she wants to ditch capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Most people in say America define Left Right on the current political spectrum, with Democrats on the left and Republicans on the Right.

It's like when people talk about work, we know they're not actually talking about Force times Distance as defined by Newtonian physics, we understand they are talking about their job.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Americans do not get their own definition for philosophies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's the same in most countries. In Canada, we put the NDP on the Left, Liberals generally centre Left, Conservatives on the Right and the Bloc... well, they do Bloc things.

Similar set up in most places. In common conversation, Left Right mean a standard political spectrum.

If I said I went to work, have I redefined Newtonian physics?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

No, it isn't. Unless you are Eurocentric and ignore most nationsliberalism is where the left starts though liberalism isn't "leftist". The right is authoritarianism. This is true all around the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 57 minutes ago

Those were definitely words!

Can you give a couple examples of countries where the major left party/parties is/are anti capitalist?