I can’t really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by “both” sides of the spectrum. It’s just something I find interesting.
I can’t really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by “both” sides of the spectrum. It’s just something I find interesting.
To an extent. But whenever there is a political discussion on Hacker News, the lib right response is very, very loud, and I try to remind myself I appreciate Hacker News for its tech news.
I think the culture is just different. Lemmy was started and run by Tankies. Hacker News was started by Y Combinator, which incubates silicon valley startups. They’re going to attract different audiences, or at least different groups of people who will put up with different politics. I can’t claim to be particularly upset about the .ml domains being pulled and the center mass of Lemmy moving away from those instances.
What’s a tankie? I keep seeing it.
I had to look it up too. Apparently it’s an authoritarian leftist. Thinks state-socialism was a good thing. As while most leftists are more of the democratic, market, and anarchist varieties.
Thanks for not leaving out the anarchists
I don’t think you understand how small of a global majority white European men are.
Most leftists are Chinese.
I’d say most people are Chinese, but that’s not correct - a quarter of the world’s population is East Asian. This is the largest group in the world.
So, I’d say that’s an odd quantifier that doesn’t really seem to have any support or credibility or relevance. Seems based on entirely nothing, actually. Further more, were that true or even possible, what’s your point?
Thinks Stalin was cool and Lenin was correct to break the short lived democracy of the USSR. The rest is details.
Basically authoritarian leftists that are caricaturized as worshipping the Soviet Union
People who cheer when others point out flaws in USA but start screaming when flaws in Russia or China are pointed out.
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Thanks! I thought it was Lemmy specific slang.
Nah it’s been going on for probably more than a decade
Makes sense. I may have heard the term once or twice before, but here, I come across it almost daily.
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