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Because capitalism is burning the earth down for profit and if nothing is done we're all dead soon ?

Most people dislike that everything is being dragged down for profit margins instead of taking care of humanity

Because a majority of people are left sided. There's a reason Trump hasn't been able to win a popular vote, he's not actually that popular. He might seem it in uneducated redneck towns, but it takes about 100 of those towns to match the population of a decent city, which typically votes left.

"Reality has a well-known liberal bias" Steven Colbert

Capitalism and the right is literally against humanity for the benefit of the very few. You’ll wake up eventually

Because a lot of tech culture is based upon the idea of sharing things with people, of enabling others, of bringing down barriers, of helping other people reach their potential. This is why open source communities are so prevalent, and even commercial tech offerings are sold to us with these ideals.

And all that is antithetical to many right wing policies, which are often about creating barriers and unneccessary limitations. Like DeSantis's Don't Say Gay laws. Or the defunding of community services like educational institutes. Or placing barriers on voting.

Because capitalism is the problem, not the solution.

To try to give you a genuine answer, perhaps because 1) Lemmy is a left leaning environment generally, 2) if you're American, because the majority of the western and 1st world countries are dramatically more left leaning than the US (I live in Canada, and your democrats are more right wing than our main right wing political party)

Common sense?

We just witnessed the hottest summer on record. This corroborates what scientists have said for decades, that emissions are bringing about ecological collapse. For those of us who possess a moral compass, this means we need people in leadership who are serious about saving the planet.

What are YOU doing to help, with your one vote?

If you vote right-wing, the simplest explanation is that you're not forward-thinking enough to grasp the impending danger.

Do better, please. There are plenty of information sources out there.

The Internet has been dominated by ND, queer and trans folk since as far as I can remember; and the right tends to want us to not exist. So... Fuck them. 🖕🖕

I stand with the side that doesn't think I'm an abomination because I love men as well as women.

older, wealthy, not so terminally online people are overrepresented amongst the political right. young people, who are typically less wealthy, and who identify more with things that have only recently become more socially acceptable, such as alternate sexuality or gender, are typically less served by the political right, and since they have a much larger online presence, the views they hold are much more accepted and voiced in most online spaces.

Honest answer the right doesn't seem to have any good positions now. They are against fighting climate change, against tolerance, anti-science, and they speak of fiscal responsibility but instead of tax and spend they just spend. They are way too much into mindless defiance and dirty politics. And they are the most hypocritical "do as I say, not as I do" party IMO.

It's possible that Lemmy in general is leftist because the people who came here wanted faster and more effective moderation against hate speech whereas more right wing people didn't have a particularly strong need or desire for moderation.

Because the type of people satisfied with the status quo are not, in general, the kind of people who are early adopters of anything new.

The anti-capitalism sentiment is interesting. While the issues with it are obvious to everyone, the solution is not. Atleast not to me. If you just end capitalism, it's going to be miserable for everyone. You need to replace it with something better. People however don't seem to think it this far, or if they do, then for some reason they don't want to discuss that, and get angry for even asking. Just having a vague idea is not good enough. This isn't the kind of stuff you figure out on the go.

Even now, I'll probably just get downvoted and labeled a right wing capitalist, because that's easier than answering the actual question.

As it turns out Secular Egalitarian Representative Democracy itself has a Liberal bias, I mean it's written right there in all the Constitutions across all the countries who practice it, who woulda thunk it, right?

I feel like the right is so damn far to the right, that everyone else appears to be on the left.

Look if it was true capitalism what these billionaires talk about , I will support it. But these corporations buy their competition and do unethical moves to get ahead and create a monopoly so they can charge you more. That its not the spirit of competition and free market. Me as a consumer look for my benefit and my benefit is when companies innovate , improve and work to have a great customer service so they consumer is better because of the free market and competition.