Is there a "normie" or more mainstream instance for Lemmy?

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I don’t think it helps that politics absolutely dominates Lemmy, where Reddit has enough diverse subreddits that you could probably just avoid politics all together.

I think that's the problem with all "alternative" social media... both ones that I like and stand behind like lemmy... and the opposite end, the Parlors, MeWe's, Truth Social etc...

The point is... mainstream people talking about shows, video games etc... rarely hit any kind of limitations in the public spaces. I myself still go on reddit to see communities of specific shows, games etc... and... it's fine for that. If I were to try and make the suggestion for a show or movie subreddit to move to lemmy, it would be a tough case.

The ones who see the flaws and limits of the corporate platform... are the ones either teetering at the edge of socially acceptable, or over it.

Whether that's say us lefties that believe All Cops are Bastards, or right wing guys that think america was better in Jim Crow era. Bottom line is... people looking for alternatives, are doing so because the existing platforms are likely to censor them... which means the alternatives will be disproportionately more extreme.

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It's not absolutist. Mildly reductive perhaps. But not remotely absolutist.

How could anyone be for it? It's literally rule by the wealthy. It was a response created by wealthy mercantilist. Frustrated that no matter how much money they had there was an echelon of power always denied to them.

It's always been tried with that definition. At the founding of the United States, wealthy white land owning males. The capital class with all the capital controlled it. It was oligarchy from it's establishment. It was more beneficial on average than mercantilism. But still a failure.

Even today in China. The vanguard, their capital controlling class controls and regulates their state capitalism. Capital regulates capitalism. Not the people.

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‘Left-wing’ in casual use in the US refers to “everyone except the Republicans and some moderates”, but “left-wing” in any serious political talk refers to anti-capitalism.

Please list the mainstream "leftist" parties in any G20 nation that are "anti-capitalist"; and by mainstream I mean they have more than two representatives at the federal level.

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Respectfully, Adam Smith did not invent capitalism...But he is no final word on capitalism other than the American system.

So the Scottish Economist who is often described as the "Father of Capitalism", the guy who was teaching Capitalism before the United States even existed is somehow irrelevant?

In your opinion the guy who literally defined Capitalism and then ran all over Europe destroying Mercantilism with his ideas is only relevant, maybe, to the United States?

Say w0t?

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I don't think it's the non hierarchy, I think it's the being called a fascist enabler for supporting mainstream Democrat positions etc that is offputting.

I have trouble recommending this place to others because of some of our less than delightful members.

Reddit was big enough that once you got into niche communities, the angry crazies were either banned or hadn't found community or whatever. Lemmy is still small so we don't have that. So, was just hoping for an instance or whatnot that was less communism and linux and more friendly to an average person.

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Db0 is the best instance with the least friction from mods and admins.

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Beehaw probably

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Then honestly you must live in some radically conservative country.

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Typical lemmy.world user right there.

I’m a queer woman.

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a fair number of the people who are on this platform are here specifically because oligarch-owned media sites heavily censor all left wing speech, and have done so for many years.

I got banned from every platform, and my account on lemmy.world was also banned.

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You can't just define capitalism however you want.

Most people understand that businesses need regulation, that's the point and basis of so many agencies and bodies that it's almost comical.

The real argument is how heavily it should be regulated. Yes, some folks, particularly those with a lot of capital don't want regulations. That no more means capitalism itself doesn't want or need regulations than say, a soccer player with a strong punch who wishes you could just punch other players means soccer wants players to be able to punch each other in the head.

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Then go find one where you don't interact with anyone. Interaction is discourse and discourse is the "social" in social media.. Not everyone is going to share the same viewpoint, and you can either avoid them and build your wall, or you can have a discussion.

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If it’s that easy to support fascism you’re a fascist all along. Typical liberal.

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Yeah, i cant help if you wont use the block button. The not banning people is part of the horizontal structure. I suggest you open up to the concept. Otherwise youre just out of luck.

Also nobody here gives a shit if you recommend lemmy to anything. Thats reddit thinking. We dont make money, dont have the slightest benefit from someone getting a recommendation coming here. au contraire, we give people refuge who are sick and tired of the way reddit treats its users. If your friends are happy on reddit, please god leave them there. We do not want them here.

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And the logic you're using is very similar to an incel.

That's literally how analogies work, you compare similarities in unlike things, e.g., my cat snores like a chainsaw. She is not a chainsaw but has a comical similarity in one aspect, even if she can't cut down a tree and does not use gas or electricity.

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I agree that most of Lemmy is rather cynical and very far lest

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I didn’t delete my account I blocked you. Open up a fucking history book, look at the Weimar Republic, then look what came next.

As a queer woman I’m so fucking sick and tired of liberal bullshit. Liberals create the conditions that allow fascism to flourish. In America, when bush couped in 2000, they rolled over, leading to citizens United, 9/11, the patriot act, the afghanistan and Iraq forever wars. In 2008 they bailed out the bankers. In 2016 they fucked over Bernie and lost to a fascist. In 2020 they fucked over Bernie again and the only reason biden won was because of covid. In 2024 they proudly support a genocide and gaslight the public about the economy - just like the Weimar Republic selling out the Germans in their ww1 concessions.

You liberals just don’t fucking learn. And now my life is on the line. Either fight capitalism or get fascism, your fucking pick liberal.

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Lib shaming is for good reason as the US and most of the western world falls to fascism thanks to libs creating the material conditions for it.

Presumably, there was an alternative group to vote for in primaries or however else this delightful person thinks change should happen. People did not do whatever they think should have happened and thus I will name call them.

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Yeah, I'm not sure what the solution is or if there even is one. To paraphrase Randal in Clerks "lemmy would be great if it weren't for all the lemmings."

(I think a lot of folks are great but that small, albeit very vocal group... Ugh.)

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I mean, yeah, go ahead and make it. But based on my quick look of your instance, none of the communities are active. That's the part we need to work on for ALL your instance.