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What would you consider your political ideology to be? (lemmy.ml)

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

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I'm just curious for the new or existing people? Lemmy.ml has taken a hard turn to the right since the reddit exodus. There's been a lot of pro-imperialist propaganda being posted on world news, and a lot less diversity of opinion. It feels more neoliberal and neo-con to me.

Does anyone want to share what their political leanings are?

I'll start; I'm anti-imperialist pro-state regulated capitalism. I believe we should have usage based taxes (toll roads, carbon tax) and luxury taxes, and I disagree with wealth taxes for people with less than $250 million. The state should spend more money on consumer protection in all industries (environment, health, finance, etc.) I believe in multipolarity vs. US hegemony.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

World News is hosted on Lemmy.ml and since you use the term Tankie I suppose you're biased and may not see the shift in what articles are upvoted the most on that sub.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't read that place because it's full of tankies so I can't confirm or deny what you're suggesting. Do you mind sharing some of those right-wing articles?

(edit: and yes I am 100% unconditionally and unabashedly biased against authoritarians.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Count this anarchist as 100% biased

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

(Be kind, not trying to start a flame war) I keep seeing this thrown around, what is a “tankie” and what’s it got to do with that Lemmy instance?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Tankie is a pejorative label for communists : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

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

depending on who youre talking to it either means all communist or specifically communists who unabashedly support authoritarian scumbag governments

communists who unabashedly support authoritarian scumbag governments tend to frame it as exclusively an insult for communists in general, either out of a refusal to recognise any other branch of communism as actually communist, to pull attention away from their support of authoritarian scumbag governments or to frame whoever is calling them tankies as anti-communist, and probably a fascist

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

A great summary of what tankies are https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LcJ5NrJtQ8g