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[–] namelivia 40 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Platforms have no political alignment, users have

[–] meliaesc 38 points 1 year ago

You cannot tell me TruthSocial has no political alignment.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't agree. The simple fact that Lemmy is decentralised is a political thing. It's about who has power over the platform, and that is inherently a political issue. The status-quo of other platforms, that being under the control of a corporation, is also a political stance.

PS: everything is politics, that's not a good or bad thing, it's neutral. If you don't think of something as political, that just means it's oriented towards the status-quo you are used to.

[–] Mockrenocks 9 points 1 year ago

Did the platform just blink into existence or was it created and advanced by someone's hand? To what end?

[–] huge_clock 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also why would you want to be in an echo chamber? I’m more of a libertarian but I like surrounding myself with people that challenge my views.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I like not having the right of my existence challenged but to each their own

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're not a libertarian you're a conservative who's afraid to admit so.

[–] huge_clock 1 points 1 year ago

Do you think that’s of all the issues in politics, it’s only valid to have the same 2 political views as everyone else? Or can people have wide ranging views on many topics?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

And these users recognize Putin's arguments for a special military operation in Ukraine as valid.